Marriage of Weston CA4/3
Amanda Weston initiated this appeal from the trial court’s judgment granting only a portion of her request to compel her former husband, Stephen Weston, to pay her attorney fees (Fam. Code, § 2030) in their dissolution proceedings, after a trial on reserved issues, including custody of their minor daughter. Although the exact figures are difficult to determine, it appears the trial court ordered Stephen to pay approximately 20 percent of the fees Amanda incurred in the dissolution proceedings, and Amanda paid about $216,000 of her remaining attorney fees from her proceeds of the parties’ division of assets under a marital settlement agreement, leaving a substantial unpaid balance. The consolidated appeal involves Amanda’s similar challenge to the trial court’s postjudgment order granting only a portion ($12,500) of her request for attorney fees to pursue the appeal.
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