Legal Opinion

Tepper v. Tepper

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided January 24, 1989No. 54571PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Husband appeals from an order pendente lite. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand for a hearing.

Husband’s first point on appeal states that the trial court erred in awarding wife $10,000 in attorney’s fees on account and $5,000 in costs for expert witness’s fees because there was no evidence in the record to support either award. We agree.

The only reference to attorney’s fees and costs in the record is a request by wife of what she felt she needed to continue litigating the pending dissolution. This request is a mere conclusion on her part, not evidence. There…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. PresleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
  2. Marriage of Trapani v. TrapaniMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
  3. Pettigrew v. PettigrewMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. In Re Marriage of TrimbleMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
  2. Hihn v. HihnMissouri Court of Appeals · 2007
  3. Marriage of Henderson v. HendersonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
  4. Heutel v. HeutelMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990
  5. Kahn v. KahnMissouri Court of Appeals · 1993

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