Date Filed: June 14, 2022 Case Number: H044960 Court: California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District The Court holds that a trial court may award attorneys’ fees and costs to respondents in a probate-trust dispute when the plaintiff’s claim is found to be without factual basis and brought in bad faith, even though the plaintiff does not own an interest in the trust assets. Relying on the credibility findings that the alleged forgery claim was unfounded, the appellate court affirms the award under Cal.
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