In the Interest of C.M.V.

OPINION

Opinion by

PHYLIS J. SPEEDLIN, Justice.

Attorney Lisa S. Dossmann (“Doss-mann”) brings this appeal from a final judgment that dismissed her clients’ intervention and original custody suit and sanctioned her for having filed the pleadings. We reverse the part of the judgment awarding sanctions.

Factual and PRocedural Background

Yvonne Valenzuela (“Mother”) and Abel Valenzuela (“Father”) were divorced in 1992 and the mother was appointed sole managing conservator of their two sons, Christopher and David. Ten years later, in 2002, the father filed a motion to modify custody seeking to be…