HENRIQUEZ v. HENRIQUEZ

No. 81, September Term, 2009.

992 A.2d 446 (2010)

413 Md. 287

Jose HENRIQUEZ v. Ana HENRIQUEZ.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 13, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luiz R.S. Simmons (Auerbach & Simmons, Silver Spring, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Deena Hausner (Ashley R. Sikora of House of Ruth Maryland Domestic Violence Legal Clinic, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Brief of Public Justice Center, Maryland Network against Domestic Violence, Legal Aid Bureau, Women's Law Center, Mid-Shore Council on Family Violence, Maryland Coalition Against Assault, Heartley House, and Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service as Amici Curiae for Respondent:

Monisha Cherayil, Esquire, Murnaghan Appellate Advocacy Fellow, Baltimore, MD.

ARGUED BEFORE BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS and BARBERA, JJ.


BATTAGLIA, Judge.

We are asked to consider whether a court award of attorneys' fees in a divorce and custody proceeding between Jose Henriquez, Petitioner, and Ana Henriquez, Respondent, the prevailing party, to a non-profit organization that provided Mrs. Henriquez with pro bono legal representation, was appropriate under Section 12-103 of the Family Law Article, Maryland Code (1984, 2006 Repl.Vol.).1

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