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In re the Marriage of MAUREEN J. DURIS and WILLIAM AUGUST URBANY.MAUREEN J. DURIS, Appellant, v. WILLIAM AUGUST URBANY, Respondent.B222002COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT,DIVISION SIX
193 Cal. App. 4th 510
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 123 Cal. Rptr. 3d 150
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 2011 Cal. App. LEXIS 275
March 14, 2011, FiledPRIOR-HISTORY:
Superior Court County of Santa Barbara, No. 1112027,Colleen K. Sterne, Judge.
HEADNOTES-1
CALIFORNIA OFFICIAL REPORTS HEADNOTES
(1) Costs § 11--Sanctions--Notice and HearingRequirement--Opportunity to Present Evidence.
--Thetrial court erred in awarding attorney fees as sanctionsagainst a former wife because (1) there was no notice thatsanctions were an issue at a child support modificationhearing, (2) there was no hearing on sanctions, and (3)there was no evidence to support the findings on theaward of attorney fees.[
Cal. Forms of Pleading and Practice (2010) ch.226, Dissolution of Marriage: Attorney's Fees, § 226.12
;11 Witkin, Summary of Cal. Law (10th ed. 2005)Husband and Wife, § 10.]
COUNSEL:
 Vanessa Kirker Wright for Appellant.William August Urbany, in pro. per., for Respondent.
JUDGES:
 Opinion by Gilbert, P. J., with Yegan andCoffee, JJ., concurring.
OPINION BY:
 Gilbert
OPINIONGILBERT, P. J.
--Summary proceedings arecommon in family law cases. Nevertheless, howevercertain a court may be that a party or an attorney in afamily law proceeding deserves sanctions, it must keep inmind an immutable principle that cuts across all areas of the law: sanctions may not be summarily imposed. Dueprocess demands more.Petitioner Maureen J. Duris appeals a postjudgmentorder requiring her to pay $10,000 to respondent WilliamAugust Urbany as sanctions for unnecessary litigationfiled by Duris's former attorney in this dissolution of marriage action. We conclude, among other things, thatthe trial court erred by (1) awarding sanctions withoutPage 1

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