Newman v. Newman

Appellant, the former husband, appeals a final judgment of dissolution of marriage and raises four issues on appeal, only one *662of which warrants reversal and remand. Although we reject Appellant’s argument that the trial court erred in determining that Appellee, the former wife, was entitled to attorney’s fees, we agree that the trial court, which found that the hourly rate and number of hours claimed by Ap-pellee’s attorney were reasonable, erred in awarding fees and costs without conducting a hearing and giving Appellant the opportunity to dispute the reasonableness of the attorney’s hourly…