Williams v. Williams

This is a divorce case. The only issue on appeal is whether the attorney’s fee awarded to the wife’s attorney is so excessive as to constitute an abuse of discretion and palpable error on the part of the trial court.

No official transcript of the evidence taken ore tenus is available, and the case is offered for review upon a statement of evidence pursuant to Rule 10(e), A.R.A.P.

The cause arose under the following pertinent facts:

The parties herein were married for approximately seven years, and two sons were born of the marriage. The couple separated in February 1981, and the husband filed a…