KEHOE, Judge.
A circuit court has no jurisdiction to enter an award of attorneys' fees in favor of a party when that party voluntarily dismissed her action and discharged her attorney prior to the order determining attorneys' fees. Accordingly, we reverse.
Catherine Hayden petitioned for dissolution of marriage from her husband, the appellant. While the dissolution proceeding was pending in the circuit court, she wrote several letters to the trial judge, her...
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