Generally, the purpose of an attorney’s fee award in dissolution of marriage cases is to ensure that both parties have similar access to counsel and can thus fight the action on nearly equal footing. Thus, in a case where one party is in a far superior financial position, that party may be ordered to pay […]
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Attorney’s Fee Provision In Marital Settlement Agreement
If you are involved in a divorce case and settle your case at mediation or at some point in the proceedings before trial, you should consider having a “prevailing party” attorney’s fee provision inserted into your marital settlement agreement. Such a provision provides that if either party has to file an action to enforce the […]