Ronollo v. Ronollo

Richard Jacobs, former wife’s attorney in a dissolution action, appeals the judgment of the trial court dismissing his motion for contempt and execution against the former spouses for failure to pay attorney’s fees. We affirm.

The marriage of Virginia Ronollo (former wife) and Carl Ronollo (former husband) was dissolved on March 18,1981. In the dissolution decree, the court found Jacobs was entitled to a reasonable attorney’s fee of $5,000.00. Former husband had already paid $2,600.00; the dissolution decree provided that wife was to pay the balance of $2,400.00 plus costs of $75.00 out of her…