AVELINO-WRIGHT v. WRIGHT

No. 99-P-129.

51 Mass. App. Ct. 1 (2001)

KATHLEEN AVELINO-WRIGHT v. MICHAEL E. WRIGHT.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth R. Lewis & Herbert D. Lewis for Elizabeth R. Lewis.

Janet M. Donovan, for the plaintiff, submitted a brief.

Present: PORADA, LENK, & DUFFLY, JJ.


PORADA, J.

Attorney Elizabeth R. Lewis appeals from an order of a Probate Court judge requiring her to pay $7,500 of the wife's attorney's fees as a sanction for her misconduct while acting as the husband's attorney in a divorce proceeding. Ms. Lewis argues that the order must be vacated because the judge imposed sanctions upon her without adequate notice or an adequate hearing. She further argues that the judge's allegations against her were in the nature of an indirect...

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