Tuttle v. Palmer

The issue to be decided is whether the superior court properly ordered that defendant’s counsel personally pay to the plaintiff her attorney’s fees in the amount of one hundred dollars for his attempt to withdraw as counsel for the defendant in violation of Superior Court Rule 15. The exception of defendant’s counsel was transferred by Dunfey, J.

This case arises out of Tuttle v. Palmer, 117 N.H. 477, 374 A.2d 661 (1977), in which we affirmed the superior court’s ruling that the defendant continue to make child-support payments to the plaintiff. Plaintiff thereafter filed a petition requesting…