Court Opinion

ID: 9537299
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 07:15:28.662199+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:56:24.208082
License: Public Domain

HENRIOD, Justice
(concurring and dissenting in part) :
I concur in the reduction of the alimony award, but believe the plaintiff, who instituted this action, having been awarded about 60% of the very substantial assets (about $600,000) of the parties, should be required to pay her own attorney the $10,000 fee awarded and that such payment be required as a condition precedent to effectiveness of the other awards made in her behalf.
The defendant concededly created the grounds for this divorce, but there is such a thing in equity that militates against pouring vinegar on one’s already sore back.