DEAS v. DEAS


774 S.W.2d 167 (1989)

Mary Arlene Lawson DEAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Laurence Anthony DEAS, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

July 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Nelms, III, Gordon & Bottorff, P.C. and Charles G. Blackard, III, Gordon & Bottorff, P.C., Brentwood, for plaintiff-appellant.

John D. Kitch, Kitch, Deas & Klein, Nashville, for respondent-appellee.


OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

This case is before the Court upon an application for attorney's fees by appellant, the mother of a sixteen-year-old boy, following the resolution of a custody dispute between her and the father, appellee here. The trial judge held a separate hearing on the question of attorney's fees and made an award to the mother. The Court of Appeals reversed, holding that the application for fees...

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