Legal Opinion
McClintic v. McClintic
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 22, 2012No. 10-FM-933PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OBERLY, Associate Judge:
Katherine Foss McClintic appeals from the trial court’s order awarding attorney’s fees and costs to her former husband, Howard McClintic, arising out of the couple’s divorce litigation. Following a judgment of divorce and division of marital property, the trial court awarded Mr. McClintic $135,000 in legal fees and costs pursuant to D.C.Code § 16-911(a) (Supp. 2011). Mrs. McClintic challenges the trial court’s statutory authority to make the award, arguing that such fees were not required “to enable [Mr. McClintic] to conduct the case,” as the statute specifies. The…
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