Appellate Court Recognized Spin-Off Litigation Under Stipulated Settlement With A Fees Clause Could Give Rise To Fee Recovery Even Though Dissolution Case Venued Elsewhere.
In our December 22, 2018 post, we discussed Pont v. Pont, Case No. B284064, which was a 2/1 DCA decision which was unpublished at the time. The opinion upheld an attorney’s fees award to a husband who prevailed in Orange County spin-off litigation involving a stipulated dissolution settlement even though the dissolution case was venued in Los Angeles County. We can now report that the opinion was certified for publication on January 16, 2019.