Legal Opinion
P.B. v. T.D.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided October 24, 1990No. 20S03-9010-CV-681PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPARD, Chief Justice.
When a dissolution court orders one party to pay fees to the other's attorney, the fees are then paid, and the fee award reversed on appeal, must the party seeking reimbursement file a separate action against the lawyer? We hold that the party seeking reimbursement need not start a second lawsuit to collect what is due. That party may ask the dissolution court to order reimbursement directly from the former spouse.
When P.B. (husband) and TD. (wife) were divorced in 1979, their two children were placed in the custody of their father. In 1984, TD. filed a petition seeking…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Thompson v. ReasonerIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
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- In Re Marriage of BaltzerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
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