Matusow v. Matusow

BARKDULL, Judge.

The appellant wife and the appellee husband entered into a settlement agreement in contemplation of divorce, which provided that the husband would pay her attorney’s fees.

In due course a divorce action was commenced and after extensive litigation, it resulted in a final judgment of dissolution wherein the trial judge retained jurisdiction to award fees.

Thereafter, following taking of testimony, the trial judge determined that the wife’s attorneys were entitled to $29,000 as a reasonable fee for services in representing her during the “past year and through the trial and…