Grotta v. Grotta, 01-5494 (2002)

DECISION

The issues before the Court are whether plaintiffs' attorney is entitled to an award of attorney's fees arising from this matter; and if he is entitled to an attorney's fee, how much is he to be awarded?

This residential trespass and ejectment was commenced in the District Court in May of 2001. Based upon a notice of termination pursuant to G.L. 34-18-27 (1956, 1995 Reenactment) of the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, plaintiffs sought to evict defendant, who was then their daughter-in-law.

Defendant, both in District Court and thereafter in Superior Court, argued that she was an…