District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 10/13/1972
Lyons v. Lyons
Citations
- 295 A.2d 903
- 1972 D.C. App. LEXIS 267
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- trial court “aware that the wife’s counsel expended a significant number of hours, both in and out of court, in handling the case”
- wife’s substantial periodic contributions to husband’s bank account vested her with equitable interest therein to the extent of her contributions although account was titled solely in husband
- wife had equitable interest in husband’s savings account because of her substantial deposits
- despite lack of specific findings concerning the husband’s ability to pay a fee award and the exact value of counsel’s services, trial court did not abuse its discretion in awarding counsel fees to wife based on record as a whole
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Judges: Kelly, Kern, Yeag-Ley
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13 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Leftwich v. LeftwichDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1982-02-05· cited 42×
- Steadman v. SteadmanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1986-09-22· cited 35×
- Turpin v. TurpinDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1979-06-25· cited 27×
- Darling v. DarlingDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1982-03-25· cited 27×
- Rachal v. RachalDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1985-03-21· cited 22×
- Brice v. BriceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1980-01-09· cited 20×
- McCree v. McCreeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1983-07-27· cited 18×
- Yeldell v. YeldellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1988-12-22· cited 13×
- Finch v. FinchDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1977-10-06· cited 13×
- McGean v. McGeanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1975-06-23· cited 11×
- Gore v. GoreDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1994-03-15· cited 9×
- Mohler v. MohlerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1973-04-02· cited 3×
- Anderson v. AndersonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1982-08-23· cited 2×
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Fleischman v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1950-10-23· cited 159×
- Ritz v. RitzDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1964-02-05· cited 39×
- Wheeler v. WheelerD.C. Circuit· 1951-02-15· cited 37×
- McEachnie v. McEachnieDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1966-01-19· cited 34×
- Mumma v. MummaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1971-08-06· cited 33×
- Jewell R. Mazique v. Edward C. MaziqueD.C. Circuit· 1966-01-17· cited 28×
- Reilly v. ReillyD.C. Circuit· 1950-04-24· cited 19×
- Hunt v. HuntDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1965-04-12· cited 14×
- Posnick v. PosnickDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1960-05-05· cited 13×
- Stephenson v. StephensonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1966-08-03· cited 6×
- Dickason v. DickasonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1970-03-24· cited 1×
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