Groover v. Groover

During wife’s direct testimony illuminating her post-separation financial situation, the trial court permitted wife to testify before the jury that she had expended $10,000 on attorney fees and owed approximately $35,000 more to her attorneys. Four months after the jury verdict, the trial court awarded wife $50,000 in attorney fees. The majority concedes that wife’s presentation to the jury of the evidence of her attorney fees was error, but that the error does not warrant the grant of a new trial. Because our holding in Stone v. Stone, 258 Ga. 716 (373 SE2d 627) (1988) and the policy…