CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Attorney Fees
......Sanctions
.........Fam. Code §271
............In General/Statutory Authority
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Statutory authority for attorney fee sanctions in family law matters.

Former law holding that attorney fees could not be used as sanctions obsolete.

FC §271 does not authorize sanctions other than attorney fees and costs; trial court has no inherent authority to impose monetary sanctions.

Where order silent as to statutory basis for sanctions order, court will affirm on any basis supported by the record.