Legal Opinion

J.S. v. D.W.

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 5, 2013No. ED 98211PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ANGELA T. QUIGLESS, Judge.

D.W. appeals the trial court’s award of attorney’s fees to J.S. D.W. alleges the trial court erroneously awarded J.S. $2,400.00 in attorney’s fees. Because there was insufficient evidence to support the trial court’s award, we find that the court abused its discretion. Therefore, we reverse the trial court’s decision.

*45I. BACKGROUND

J.S. filed a petition for an order of protection against D.W. J.S. attached an incomplete financial statement to her petition that listed only her employer. The trial court granted an ex parte order of protection, and later entered…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Murphy v. CarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
  2. Williams v. Trans States Airlines, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2009
  3. Hihn v. HihnMissouri Court of Appeals · 2007
  4. Minor v. MinorMissouri Court of Appeals · 1995
  5. Afridi v. AumanMissouri Court of Appeals · 2010

3Cited by1 opinion

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