Mitchell v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “We review a trial court’s award of attorney fees in connection with a dissolution decree for an abuse of discretion. The trial court abuses its discretion if its decision is clearly against the logic and effect of the facts and circumstances before it. When making such an award, the trial court must consider the resources of the parties, their economic condition, the ability of the parties to engage in gainful employment and to earn adequate income, and other factors that bear on the reasonableness of the award.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lisa A. Birkhimer v. Neil S. Birkhimer