State Ex Rel. Carlson v. Aubuchon

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Relator seeks through mandamus to require respondent to reinstate a judgment for attorney’s fees in relator’s favor made by another judge in an order pendente lite.

Relator was the attorney for the wife in a dissolution of marriage action. The wife filed a request for temporary maintenance, child custody, child support and attorney’s fees pendente lite. Following a hearing the trial court, Judge Voss, made such awards. The Court specifically found as to the attorney’s fees:

“Petitioner has, as of March 2, 1983, incurred in maintaining this cause attorney fees in the…