Hails v. Solnick CA6
This appeal concerns the entitlement to attorney fees in an action to enforce a stipulated judgment. The trial court awarded plaintiff and judgment creditor Kelleen Hails $824,455 in attorney fees as judgment enforcement costs pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 685.040. The judgment debtor, Melissa Kelton Solnick, and her codefendants in the enforcement action contend that the fee award violates section 685.040, which allows a judgment creditor to recover the “reasonable and necessary costs of enforcing a judgment” including, in specified circumstances, an award of attorney fees. As we explain herein, we find that the underlying judgment in this case satisfied the statutory prerequisites for the fee award. We shall affirm.
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