In Re Marriage of MacAluso

Respondent, Paola Macaluso (Paola), appeals from an order of the trial court granting custody of Lisa Macaluso (Lisa), the minor child, to petitioner, Salvatore Macaluso (Sal), and from an order requiring Paola to pay $1,000 temporary attorney fees to Lisa’s attorney for the prosecution of this appeal. Petitioner cross-appeals from an order of the trial court requiring him to pay $2,500 towards respondent’s attorney fees.

In November of 1979, Paola took Lisa, aged five, to Italy to live with Paola’s parents. The following month, Sal filed a petition for dissolution of marriage, and temporary…