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Family Law Appellate Court Opinion

by Mazur, Catherine

 

AC38753 - Rinfret v. Porter ("The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the trial court improperly awarded the defendant, Melissa Jayne Porter, her attorney's fees under the bad faith exception to the 'American rule' by broadly concluding that the underlying custody action brought by the plaintiff, Peter Alan Rinfret, was both (1) 'entirely without color' and (2) taken in bad faith. We conclude that the court did not find with adequate specificity that the plaintiff's actions were entirely without color. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment awarding the defendant $87,548.11 in attorney's fees and remand the matter for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion.")