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ALLIS v. ALLIS

No. 4915.

408 P.2d 916 (1965)

Louis ALLIS, Jr., Appellant, v. Lauril Mitchell ALLIS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Rehearing denied January 10, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vargas, Dillon, Bartlett & Dixon, and Melvin Brunetti, Reno, for Appellant.

Peter Echeverria and Earl S. Wylder, Reno, for Respondent.

THOMPSON, Justice.

By this appeal we are asked to reverse an order directing a husband to pay $18,500 in fees to his wife's attorney.1 The request rests on the proposition that the wife was not shown to be in necessitous circumstances. The financial position of wife and husband was disparate. The wife possessed $25,000 to $40,000 in liquid assets, while the husband was worth approximately three-quarters of a million dollars. In directing...

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