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· 10/22/1996

Matter of Estate of Opatz

Citations

  • 554 N.W.2d 813
  • 1996 WL 601905

How courts have described this case

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  • denying attorney’s fees on appeal where the losing party presented an argument that was not “flagrantly groundless or devoid of merit”
  • denying attorney’s fees on appeal where the losing party presented an argument that was not “flagrantly groundless or devoid of merit”
  • judgment debtor's statutory right to renounce property effective despite pre-existing judgment lien and garnishment proceedings, even though statute prohibited renunciation after encumbrance or judicial sale
  • “An appeal is frivolous if it is flagrantly groundless, devoid of merit, or demonstrates persistence in the course of litigation which could be seen as evidence of bad faith.”

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Judges: Maring

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