IN RE MARRIAGE OF SMITH

No. 82CA0164.

687 P.2d 519 (1984)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Sherry D. SMITH, Appellee, and Leroy M. Smith, Appellee, And Concerning: Debra A. Halperin, Lien Claimant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

August 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kidneigh, Hughes, Pelz, Leach & Clikeman, P.C., Gay Niermann, Denver, for appellee Leroy M. Smith.

Dominick & Halperin, Debra A. Halperin, Boulder, for Lien claimant-appellant.

No appearance for appellee Sherry D. Smith.


PIERCE, Judge.

In this proceeding to enforce an attorney's charging lien, the lien claimant, Debra A. Halperin, seeks to reverse the trial court's order which denied her claim. We reverse.

The record reflects the following facts. Wife retained claimant as her attorney in an action to dissolve her marriage, the petition for which was filed in December 1978. In October 1979, each of the parties requested their attorneys of record to withdraw from the case.<...

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