Legal Opinion
Olmstead v. Murphy
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 3, 1986PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
In St. 1982, c. 282, the Legislature provided that a person who secures a contempt judgment for failure to make support payments may recover reasonable legal fees attendant to the chase. 1 In this case a Probate Court judge entered a contempt judgment establishing arrearages which totalled $13,088. The judge awarded legal fees of $2,000. Counsel for Dorothea Olmstead, who was the plaintiff in the contempt proceedings, had asked for legal fees of $10,828. This appeal, taken by Olmstead from an amended judgment, concerns the amount of legal fees she was allowed to recover. A transcript of the…
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