Opinion ID: 2583020
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 15

Heading: Issues Based On Post-Appeal Events

Text: ¶ 27 (1) Law Firm is entitled to an adversarial evidentiary hearing to determine the quantum of its beneficial interest in the funds held by the wife in constructive trust. ¶ 28(2) Because neither the funds were in existence when the lawsuit was filed nor when it came to be terminated in the trial court, the wife is entitled to an adversarial evidentiary hearing to determine the total sum due the Law Firm from the money she collected from the husband in payment of the counsel-fee award. If Law Firm should take the position the wife was required to press that issue earlier in the litigation process, the burden shall be cast on the Law Firm to prove and persuade the court that the quantum earned may no longer be placed in contest. ¶ 29(3) The husband's check in payment of the counsel-fee award shall be paid into court. The proceedings to follow below shall be conducted against the interest in that check. ¶ 30(4) The trial court is directed to consolidate Law Firm's later-filed foreclosure action with this suit for trial and disposition of post-remand issues in the same case.