In re Marriage of Young

Petitioner, Mark Stephen Young, appeals the trial court’s order requiring him to pay the attorney fees of the respondent, Pamela Jo Young. These fees were incurred as the result of Pamela’s need to defend a foreclosure suit concerning the marital residence. Mark had been ordered to pay the mortgage on the residence, which had been rented to a third party, the Muellers.

Mark claimed to have entered into an agreement with the Muellers in which they would assume the mortgage on that residence and make the monthly payments thereon. The Muellers did not make the payments, but Mark was not aware of…