Verholek v. Verholek

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• noting that the lower court’s authority to modify or rescind an order is almost entirely discretionary and may be exercised sua sponte
• noting that a party in a domestic relations action may be awarded attorney’s fees when the other “party engages in dilatory, obdurate, or vexatious conduct during the pendency of a matter” (citation omitted)
• “[O]nce non-marital property is combined and comingled with marital property, it loses its identity as non-marital property and takes on the status of marital property.”
• “court loses its broad discretion to modify” where motion for reconsideration filed over thirty days after entry of order
• “Our standard of review of awards of equitable distribution, counsel fees, and alimony pendente lite is well settled: we will not disturb a trial court’s determinations absent an abuse of discretion.”

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