Wiederhold v. Wiederhold

Appellant/wife appeals that portion of the amended final judgment denying her attorney’s fees and costs in her dissolution action. We reverse paragraph four and remand with direction.

The parties were married nearly twenty years and have two minor children, both of whom have special medical needs. Although the wife has a degree in elementary education, throughout the marriage she worked as a homemaker. The husband is a successful attorney and name partner at his firm.

After more than a year of expensive litigation, the parties were able to verbalize to the trial court at final hearing the terms…