BIRD v. BIRD


24 Mass. App. Ct. 362 (1987)

509 N.E.2d 289

ELIZABETH B. BIRD vs. CHARLES S. BIRD, JR.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

June 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Donahue for the plaintiff.

Edward R. Lev for the defendant.

Present: GRANT, KAPLAN, & KASS, JJ.


KASS, J.

Four days into the trial of an action on a marriage separation agreement, the parties settled their primary dispute.1 What remains are controversies over whether Charles S. Bird, Jr., shall pay legal fees incurred by his former wife, Elizabeth, and, if so, how much those fees should be. Although a postlude to the main event, the fee dispute has itself generated a sizeable record and bitterness to spare on the part of counsel....

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