( December 16, 2025, 10:53 AM EST) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — A trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting a California woman’s motions for sanctions and an award of need-based attorney fees against her ex-husband, a California appellate panel ruled, finding that his repeated failure to comply with discovery requests and orders, as well as a disparity in the divorced couple’s respective financial situations, made the awards “fair, reasonable and appropriate.”...