COLEMAN v. COLEMAN

No. S-8004.

968 P.2d 570 (1998)

Donald COLEMAN, Appellant, v. Mubaarakah COLEMAN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R. Niewohner and Shauna F. Morris, Niewohner & Wright, P.C., Fairbanks, for Appellant.

No appearance by Appellee.

Before MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, COMPTON, EASTAUGH, FABE and BRYNER, Justices.


OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal concerns attorney's fees in a custody case. A Michigan court divorced the parents, but left the issue of custody to the Fairbanks superior court, which had jurisdiction over their children. That court held a custody trial, but, just before final arguments, the mother agreed to let the father have custody in return for stipulations about the children's care. Neither party mentioned...

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