Gillis v. Gillis

These appeals question the propriety of an order by a probate judge awarding the plaintiff counsel fees and expenses in connection with certain domestic relations litigation between the parties. Our specific concern centers on whether counsel fees and expenses were awarded for services rendered in connection with the divorce after that divorce proceeding had been concluded.

The relevant facts indicate that the parties were divorced by a judgment which became absolute on January 6, 1978. When the divorce became final, an application *49for counsel fees previously filed by plaintiffs counsel on…