CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Attorney Fees
......Sanctions
.........Fam. Code §271
............Need Not Required
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Need not required for fee award pursuant to Fam. Code §271 (a). Court must consider financial circumstances of parties in making award.

Sec. 271 is not a need-based statute and does not require a correlation between the sanctioned conduct and specific attorney fees.

Former Civil Code section 4370.5 [continued by Fam. Code §2032] requires court to weigh need, and conduct and may award fees even where need not demonstrated.