Opinion ID: 2268995
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Remand Proceedings After First Appeal

Text: On March 4, 2009, we issued our MO & J in Johnson v. Johnson. [4] We there remanded because the property division erroneously double-counted a truck awarded to Sam and did not resolve all of Sam's claims for credit for his post-separation expenses. [5] Following an evidentiary hearing on remand, the superior court ordered Kathleen to pay Sam $24,418 (the value of the truck plus a partial credit for post-separation expenses), minus $6,352.17 (what Sam owed Kathleen as retirement payments). When Kathleen then asked the court to offset her unpaid attorney's fees awards, Sam opposed, on the grounds the fees were awarded before we issued our MO & J and were being appealed in the case, S-13512, now before us. Nonetheless, the final judgment offset Kathleen's prior fees awards against the value of the truck and Sam's credits, giving Sam a net judgment of $6,132.19. Sam then moved for Rule 82 attorney's fees on the theory that he had recovered a money judgment in a case contested without trial. The superior court denied Sam's fees motion, explaining that fees were not appropriate because the corrections were not due to post-trial litigation or enforcement, but rather to correction of a trial error. We elaborate on these facts in Part III.D, which addresses Sam's contention that it was error to deny his fees motion. Sam appeals some of these rulings. Kathleen has filed no brief on appeal.