Morovitz v. Morovitz

CLEMENS, Senior Judge.

Appeal by husband from an order to pay his wife’s attorney a $1,500 fee.

Petitioner Ingrid Morovitz sued Ronald Morovitz to dissolve their marriage. After a contested trial the court found the marriage was not irretrievably broken. Neither party now challenges that ruling. However, the trial court did award wife’s attorney a $3,000 fee, half to be paid by husband, and he appeals.

The wife earned about $650 a month from which she paid travel and maintenance for herself and the parties’ two children.

The husband contends here there was no evidence of his ability to pay the…