CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Attorney Fees
......Sanctions
.........Defenses to Sanctions
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Appeal which results in reversal is by definition not frivolous; sanction order reversed.

No sanctions for appeal brought for harassment where legal basis supported by dictum.

Lack of precedential support for claim is not equivalent of finding claim frivolous.

Defendant's appeal from this Marvin judgment not frivolous because standards for testing agreements between unmarried cohabitors "still evolving in the courts."

Attorney-client privilege may prevent court from determining against whom to assess sanctions.

Cannot base sanctions on prior conduct unrelated to incident generating sanctions.