Shawfrank v. Shawfrank

The former husband appeals the trial court’s order awarding attorney’s fees and costs to his former wife arising from post-dissolution proceedings. The trial court assessed attorney’s fees of $68,028.56 against the former husband, determining that the former husband’s supplemental petition for modification of alimony was without merit and was brought or maintained primarily to harass.1 We reverse the trial court’s order assessing attorney’s fees against the former husband.

This case presents a long and tortured history. The parties were divorced in November 1999, and pursuant to the final…