Wills v. Wills

Hill, Justice.

The wife in this divorce case appeals from the award of $3,000 to her as attorney fees contending that reasonable compensation would be at least $20,000.

Attorney fees should be sufficient to insure adequate legal representation for the wife, but an award will not be disturbed absent a showing of an abuse of discretion by the trial judge. Hodges v. Hodges, 235 Ga. 848 (2) (221 SE2d 597) (1976); Fenters v. Fenters, 238 Ga. 131 (2) (231 SE2d 741) (1977); Code Ann. § 30-203.

The wife’s counsel contends that this was a complicated case and that he and his associates expended more than…