Abel v. Abel

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the trial court in a divorce proceeding. The assignments of error pertain to the amount of attorneys’ fee allowed, the disposition of the property, the jurisdiction of the court to establish a trust in a third person for the benefit of the children, and its jurisdiction to impose a lien upon property outside the state of Washington.

The appellant’s first assignment of error alleges that the court abused its discretion in fixing a fee for respondent’s attorneys in the sum of $25,000. The property involved had a gross value of $1,691,849.53, and a net…