Morales v. Morales

Oswald Morales appeals an order compelling him to pay under threat of contempt1 $2,000 in attorney’s fees and $164.23 in costs to the wife’s attorney, Harold P. Barkas. The order was entered pursuant to Barkas’ post-decretal motion, which alleged that Paragraph 10 of the Property Settlement Agreement between the Moraleses clearly and unambiguously provided that “... Husband agrees to pay to ... Barkas, the Wife’s attorney, the sum of $2,000 and costs of this litigation,” and that these amounts were not paid. The husband and wife contended in sworn pleadings in opposition to this motion that…