Elwood
Elwood v. Morin
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Darla Elwood appeals the award of attorneys’ fees to various defendants, and also the district court’s denial of her motion for attorneys’ fees incurred in resisting enforcement of the defendants’ award. We affirm the award of attorneys’ fees to Joseph Morin, the County of Los Angeles, and two County social workers, Ann Well-man and Barbara Dallis (Appeal No. 04-55630), and the denial of Elwood’s motion for fees in the consolidated enforcement proceedings (Appeal Nos. 05-55724 & OS-55727). The fee awards to the other defendants (Appeal No. 04-55635) are addressed in an opinion filed concurrently with this memorandum. Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we do not restate them here.
1. Elwood v. Morin, No. 04-55630
The district court did not abuse its discretion in finding Elwood’s claims in this case to be frivolous. Elwood’s arguments on this appeal generally revisit the merits of the dismissal of her action and ask, contrary to the law of the case doctrine, that we reverse our prior decision affirming the dismissal. Elwood provides no support for her claim that California Civil Code § 49(a), prohibiting the taking of a child by force or enticement,…