In Re Marriage of Pollard

Opinion

STEPHENS, Acting P, J.

The only issue in this appeal is the propriety of a court order, issued following a hearing on appellant’s order to show cause re modification of visitation, which required that appellant, a welfare recipient who had not been able to afford counsel for himself, pay $200 in attorney’s fees for counsel for his ex-wife. This order was entirely prospective in nature, as appellant was not required to begin payments until his income, which was $220 per month at the time the order was made, exceeded $500 per month.

Before reviewing the pertinent background facts of this…