Robert A. Masters v. Leah Masters

On Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 02A04-1404-DR-178

DICKSON, Justice.

This appeal .-challenges an award of attorney’s fees in a dissolution of marriage case by a family law arbitrator under the Family Law Arbitration Act. We affirm the fee award.

The parties were married in 1993 and are the parents of one child, a daughter, born in January 2007. Dissolution proceedings began in 2012, and a year later, the parties signed an agreement to arbitrate under the Family Law Arbitration Act (FLAA). See Ind.Code § 34-57-5-1 et seq. The FLAA permits parties in a dissolution of marriage…