Davenport v. Davenport

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Dustin Davenport (Husband) and Keisha Davenport (Wife) were divorced by final decree in the Union County Superior Court. Husband appeared pro se in the divorce proceeding. Wife, who had counsel, paid for a court reporter to record the bench trial on May 5, 2014; Husband did not participate in paying for the takedown. After the trial, Husband hired a lawyer, who filed a motion for new trial and a motion to compel production of the trial transcript (which Husband was now willing to pay for), asserting that the trial court failed to make a ruling at the start of the trial that…