CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Attorney Fees
......Actions-Types of
.........Appeal
............In General
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Attorney fees on appeal authorized by Fam. Code §2030 (c).

Appellate work is most assuredly not the recycling of trial level points and authorities into appellate format.

H couldn't receive appellate attorneys' fees where request not addressed to trial court, nor fees as sanctions where he didn't raise issue by separate appellate motion.

Appeal from paternity judgment does not deprive court of jurisdiction to award fees to defend appeal.