Glasscock v. Glasscock

Gregory, Chief Justice:

This appeal is from a family court order awarding attorney’s fees. We affirm as modified.

The total marital estate in this case is valued at nearly $2.8 million. In the final decree, the award to respondent (Wife), including alimony and her equitable share in marital assets, was approximately $1.6 million dollars. At the hearing on Wife’s request for attorney’s fees, Wife’s attorney submitted affidavits that his fee based on an hourly rate totalled $51,998.75. The hourly rates were: $125 per hour for his services; $75 per hour for his associate’s services; $150 per hour…