Fountain v. Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles

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• upholding awards of attorney’s fees and expert witness fees as within trial court’s sound discretion under § 46b-62
• suggesting it is improper for court to ‘‘[count] the same basis for a financial award in dissolution cases twice, once as an asset of his estate subject to allocation and again, as a component of his earning capacity forming the basis for alimony’’
• interest in contested inheritance not distributable but may be addressed under § 46b-86 when value ascertained and parties' financial circumstances determined
• interest in contested inheritance not distributable but may be addressed under § 46b-86 when value ascertained and parties’ financial circumstances determined
• court uniquely qualified to determine whether financial award would be undermined by rejecting wife’s request for counsel fees and expenses
• appropriate for the court to consider an asset that has vested but not yet been received

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).