A Connecticut Supreme Court decision is being heralded as a victory for those who favor limiting the legal fees paid to attorneys who represent children in contested divorce and custody cases.
In an opinion released July 22, the justices ruled that an attorney who had been appointed to represent two minor children in a 2010 marriage dissolution case should not be awarded additional fees to cover her own legal costs. Attorney Catherine Whelan, of Greenwich, had sought a court order to recover $33,346 for an attorney to represent her.
