Matthew Townsend v. Lyvonda Townsend

OPINION

BARNES, Judge.

Case Summary

Matthew Townsend (“Father”) appeals the trial court’s order requiring him to pay the appellate attorney fees of his ex-wife, Lyvonda Townsend (“Mother”). We affirm.

Issues

Father raises one issue, which we restate as:

I. whether the trial court applied the correct standard when it ordered him to pay Mother’s appellate attorney fees; and

II. whether the trial court abused its discretion by ordering him to pay Mother’s appellate attorney fees.

Facts

Mother and Father were married in 2006, and had one son together, E.T. In 2011, Father petitioned for dissolution. In…