993 So. 2d 481 - Springer v. Damrich’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. “"`Whether to award an attorney fee in a domestic relations case is within the sound discretion of the trial court and, absent an abuse of that discretion, its ruling on that question will not be reversed. Thompson v. Thompson, 650 So.2d 928 (Ala.Civ.App.1994). "Factors to be considered by the trial court when awarding such fees include the financial circumstances of the parties, the parties' conduct, the results of the litigation, and, where appropriate, the trial court's knowledge and experience as to the value of the services performed by the attorney." Figures v. Figures, 624 So.2d 188, 191 (Ala.Civ.App.1993). Additionally, a trial court is presumed to have knowledge from which it may set a reasonable attorney fee even when there is no evidence as to the reasonableness of the attorney fee. Taylor v. Taylor, 486 So.2d 1294 (Ala.Civ.App.1986).'"”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. K.D.H. v. T.L.H. III · 3 So. 3d 894 - Kdh v. Tlh

2. ““ ‘ “The determination of proper visitation ... is -within the sound discretion of the trial court, and that court’s determination should not be reversed by-an appellate court absent a showing of an abuse of discretion.” Ex parte Bland, 796 So.2d [340,] 343 [ (Ala. 2000) ]. “The primary consideration in setting visitation rights is the b¿st interest of the child. Each'child' visitation case must be decided on its own facts and 'circumstances.” DuBois v. DuBois, 714 So.2d 308, 309 (Ala. Civ. App. 1998) (citation omitted).’ “Williams v. Williams, 905 So.2d 820, 830 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004). “In this ease, over the five-year span of the postdivorce litigation, the trial-court received a vast amount of information regarding the visitation plan that served the best interests of the children. - Based on its unique, perspective, the court determined from the heavily conflicting evidence, that its original visitation order, should be-modified. We note that the [modified] visitation schedule is not dramatically different from the schedule-set-forth in the divorce judgment. Based on the foregoing and on our limited standard of review on this issue, we cannot conclude that the trial court exceeded] its discretion in- this regard.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hamaker v. Seales