Weiss v. Daytona Grand, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that “it would seem to be the exceptional case in which the superior court declines to award attorney’s fees to the prevailing petitioner” in a domestic violence proceeding
• recognizing “strong policy arguments for encouraging legal representation in domestic violence proceedings” through award of attorney’s fees to parties who prevail in petitioning the court for a DVPO
• recognizing “the strong policy arguments for encouraging legal representation in domestic violence proceedings, as represented petitioners are more likely to succeed in obtaining a protective order and are less likely to suffer further abuse”
• describing “strong policy arguments for encouraging legal representation in domestic violence proceedings”
• “Notwithstanding the discretionary nature of [AS 18.66.100(c)(14), governing awards of attorney’s fees in domestic violence cases], it would seem to be the exceptional case in which the superior court declines to award attorney’s fees to the prevailing petitioner.”
• attorney’s fees ordinarily should be awarded to successful petitioner but not to successful respondent under AS 18.66.100(c)(14)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).