White v. White

CAMPBELL, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant/Wife argues on appeal that the trial court improperly approved only a portion of her attorney’s fees and improperly required her to pay thirty percent of those fees while requiring Husband to pay seventy percent. We agree and reverse.

In his motion, Wife’s counsel had requested a total fee of $5,562 and costs of $2,768.46 for a total of $8,330.46. He presented a detailed statement setting *768forth the hours expended (41.2) at an hourly rate of $135. The court found that Wife’s counsel was entitled to $130 per hour for 20.9 hours (or $2,717 in fees) and to…