Paradiso v. Paradiso

404 A.2d 60 (1979)

Pamela J. PARADISO

v.

Joseph J. PARADISO.

No. 77-348-Appeal.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 23, 1979.

Ferdinand A. Bruno, Providence, for plaintiff.

Louis B. Abilheira, Warren, Salvatore L. Romano, Jr., Providence, for defendant.

OPINION

DORIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a child-support decree entered by the Family Court. The questions presented are first, whether the amount ordered is excessive as a matter of law, and second, whether the trial justice erred in awarding attorney's fees pursuant to G.L.1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 15-5-16.

Pamela and Joseph Paradiso were divorced…