Abuse Of Discretion Standard Not Overcome By Appealing Ex-Wife.
Marriage of Gregora and Feldman, Case No. B269587 (2d Dist., Div. 8 May 8, 2017) (unpublished) was a high profile divorce case involving Los Angeles attorneys, where ex-wife lost a key breach of fiduciary claim, prompting the trial court to impose a sanction against her to the tune of $250,000 under Family Code section 271 (the sanctions was an award of partial attorney’s fees incurred by ex-husband). Ex-wife appealed, but to no avail. The appellate court observed that the sanctions award was no abuse of discretion given that (1) ex-wife issued 450 subpoenas on third parties yielding over 100,000 pages of documents; (2) she deposed ex-husband’s ex-wife, several partners in his firm, and numerous accountants; (3) ex-wife spent $3.6 million on the case and ex-husband spent $2.1 million; and (3) ex-wife lost on the breach of fiduciary claim.
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