Adoption by Kathleen C.

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of the petitioners’ post-judgment request for relief from the adoption judgments because the proffered information was either discoverable before trial, arose after judgment, or failed to establish fraud by clear and convincing evidence. It also upheld the trial court’s decision not to hold an evidentiary hearing, but vacated the attorney-fee award because neither a contract nor statute authorized it and the petitioners had not acted egregiously or in bad faith.