Adams v. Adams

¶ 1. In this divorce action, husband appeals the Washington Family Court’s rulings (1) denying his motion to dismiss and granting wife a divorce, and (2) directing him to pay one-half of wife’s attorney’s fees. Husband argues on appeal that the court should have dismissed the action because the parties had already divorced in Honduras, and that the court erred in granting attorney’s fees in the absence of expert testimony concerning the reasonableness of the fees. The family court rejected both arguments after a three-day trial, and we now affirm.

¶ 2. The core issue in this case is whether…