Wiles v. Wiles

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kaul., J.:

This is an appeal by defendant-appellant, Richard E. Wiles, from an award of attorneys’ fees in a divorce action instituted by his wife, Constance K. Wiles, plaintiff-appellee.

A settlement agreement was approved and incorporated in the decree wherein a divorce was granted to plaintiff. In the settlement agreement, defendant agreed to pay plaintiff’s attorneys such sum as might be approved by the trial court. The right to appeal was reserved by defendant.

Several days after the divorce was granted a hearing was had on the issue of attorneys’…