Rostad v. Hirsch

Opinion

PETERS, J.

In this contested paternity action, after genetic testing established that the defendant was the father of the plaintiffs child, the trial court awarded pendente lite attorney’s fees to each member of the mother’s litigation team. The father’s appeal contests the amount of the fees awarded to the mother’s attorneys. We must decide whether we have jurisdiction to hear this interlocutory appeal and whether the record supports the court’s fee awards. We decide both of these questions in the father’s favor. Accordingly, we reverse the court’s rulings as to two of the mother’s…