Jones v. Jones

In this action for partition, we have previously affirmed the trial court’s decision in favor of plaintiffs, Jones v. Jones, 194 Or App 496, 95 P3d 1135 (2004), rev den, 338 Or 301 (2005), and dismissed a subsequent appeal by defendant. Plaintiffs petition for attorney fees, arguing that there was no objectively reasonable basis for that second appeal. ORS 20.105. We allow the petition.

In 1985, the original owner of the property at issue in this case died and left the ranch in equal parts to her four children. Plaintiffs are two of the original owner’s four children; defendant is the original…