Is a family law client entitled to attorney's fees and costs under section 271 of the California Family Law Act?

Section 271 authorizes the court to impose "attorney's fees and costs" as a sanction for conduct frustrating settlement or increasing the cost of the litigation. "The purpose of section 271 is ' "to promote settlement and to encourage cooperation which will reduce the cost of litigation." [Citation.]' [Citations.] 'Family law litigants who flout that policy by engaging in conduct that increases litigation costs are subject to the imposition of attorney's fees and costs as a sanction.' " (Parker v. Harbert (2012) 212 Cal.App.4th 1172, 1176.)