Case Law Reviews: Attorney’s Fees

Divorce judgment reversed where there was an $18 difference in child support amount between the Settlement Agreement and the child support guidelines. Trial court’s order failed to set forth mandatory findings for deviation from guidelines, and Wife’s voluntary agreement to deviation cannot cure this defect. Attorney’s fee award cannot stand absent required findings of fact… Read More

Parties had a self-executing child support provision in their Final Divorce Decree saying that Father would pay Mother child support while each child was living at home with Mother. Trial court should not have found Father in contempt for reducing his support obligation when he had Mother’s consent for the two children to live with… Read More