Talley v. Talley

McAULIFFE, Judge.

This case involves a challenge to the validity of an order entered by the Court of Special Appeals directing an attorney to pay attorney’s fees of $500.00. The order was entered as a part of the intermediate appellate court’s disposition of a motion to dismiss an appeal for failure to comply with Maryland Rule 1028 (now Rule 8-501). The questions before us are: 1) whether the petitioner was afforded procedural due process and, 2) whether attorney’s fees may be assessed in the absence of a finding of bad faith or lack of substantial justification.

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Facts

An action for abuse of…