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Hale v. Hale

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided June 29, 1989No. 88-SC-00515-DGPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VANCE, Justice.

The question is whether, pursuant to K.R.S. 403.220, a trial court may award an attorney’s fee to an attorney who represented the wife pro bono publico in a divorce action.

K.R.S. 403.220 provides:

“The court from time to time after considering the financial resources of both parties may order a party to pay a reasonable amount for the cost to the other party of maintaining or defending any proceeding under this chapter and for attorney’s fees, including sums for legal services rendered and costs incurred pri- or to the commencement of the proceeding or after entry of judgment.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Save Our Cumberland Mountains, Inc. v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
  3. Sullivan v. LevinKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Tyler v. BryantCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1965
  5. McDowell v. McDowellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1964

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Neidlinger v. NeidlingerKentucky Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Seeger v. LanhamMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018
  3. Smith v. McGillMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018
  4. Henriquez v. HenriquezCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2010
  5. Rumpel v. RumpelKentucky Supreme Court · 2014

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