Fowler v. Fowler

Summary

The court reversed the order sanctioning Gjesdahl Law for filing a frivolous contempt application. Although the Rule 11 procedural requirements were not followed, the firm waived those defects; the sanction could not stand because the contempt theory constituted a good-faith argument for extending existing law. The court also held the appeal was not moot and that appellate attorney's fees were unwarranted because the appeal was not frivolous.