Bleakley v. Bleakley

We reverse a final order granting the former husband’s motion to terminate attorney’s fee payments to the former wife’s attorney.

By a previously entered judgment of dissolution of marriage, the former husband was ordered to pay the former wife’s attorney’s fees. At the original hearing where the attorney’s fee amount was established, the former wife stated that she paid her attorney a total of $20,000; $5,000 in a cash retainer and $15,000 from the proceeds of the sale of the marital home. The fees were fixed at $33,225 and, after a set-off, the court ordered:

The Husband is hereby granted a…