In Re the Marriage of Smith

VAN CISE, Judge.

Sara Marie Smith (wife) appeals the order denying her “motion for protective order for evidence, taxes, transcripts, and records” (motion to preserve records) in this dissolution of marriage action and the judgment awarding attorney fees to Victor J. Barbieri, the attorney of Douglas M. Smith (husband), for his services in opposing her motion. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Following the dissolution of her marriage, wife filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in the federal district court. She alleged that, in the course of the dissolution of marriage proceedings, her civil…