Deaton v. Deaton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “The second point raised by the appellant is that the chancellor erred in awarding additional attorney’s fees. He bases this argument on the fact that the appellee did not provide any documentation as to the time spent on the case by her attorney. Attorney’s fees are a matter for the discretion of the trial court, and, absent an abuse of discretion, we will not reverse his decision in that regard. In the case at bar, the chancellor had the opportunity to observe the parties and, as the chancellor noted, the appellant was extremely uncooperative in adhering to any of the court’s orders. We find no abuse of discretion on the part of the chancellor. Further, this issue was not raised before the trial court nor was any documentation requested.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davis v. Williamson