Blum v. Blum

The question presented here is whether a trial court has the authority, after entry of a divorce decree, to order a former husband to pay his former wife expense money for attorney fees incurred in post-decree proceedings in the trial court affecting the support of the minor children of the parties.

Although counsel, in their briefs, have cited numerous cases and authorities from Ohio, as well as from other jurisdictions, an extended discussion here of such references is not deemed necessary. Suffice it to say that the courts, in their exercise of jurisdiction over domestic relations, owe to…