Talan v. Talan

We have consolidated two appeals by a former husband, one from the final judgment and the other from an order allowing an attorney’s fee to the former wife, in a dissolution of marriage proceeding. The main thrust of both appeals is that the trial judge misconstrued an item of evidence so that he found an erroneous net worth of the appellant and, thereby allowed excessive amounts as lump sum alimony and as attorney’s fees. The finding as to net worth questioned here is as follows :

“5. The Husband has previously signed financial statements declaring his net worth to be between $150,000.00 and…