Legal Opinion
Richard Alan Clark, Vanacour Perkins PLLC v. Clark
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 29, 2017No. 08-15-00293-CVPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAnn Crawford McCLURE, Chief Justice
This is an appeal from the award of costs related to a discovery motion. We affirm the district court as to its decision to make the award, but we vacate the order based on two problems with its form.
FACTUAL SUMMARY
Lori Vae Clark and Richard Alan Clark were divorced on November 26, 2011. In addition to dividing the couple's assets, the final decree awarded Lori $131,537.50 in attorney's fees. Some three years later, apparently after the fee judgment went unpaid, Lori's counsel served Richard's counsel with thirty-four requests for production ostensibly directed at discovering his assets.…
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