Bohren v. Bohren

The plaintiff husband brought suit for divorce, and the defendant wife counterclaimed for divorce. The court granted the divorce to the wife and awarded her a $750 attorneys’ fee prior to trial and an additional $1,250 in the final decree, a total of $2,000. Initially, the trial court indicated it would only award a total of $1,000, which it deemed inadequate for the time consumed, but believed that anything additional would be unfair in view of the other financial demands the decree placed upon the husband. At a supplemental hearing it was shown that the husband had recently inherited some…