How have the courts dealt with the issue of attorney fees?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Schwartz v. Schwartz, 173 Cal.App.2d 455, 343 P.2d 299 (Cal. App. 1959):
It is argued first that the court exceeded its jurisdiction in reducing the award of attorney fees theretofore made to these appellants. This contention is without merit. Warner v. Warner, 34 Cal.2d 838, 840, 841, 215 P.2d 20, 22, cited by appellants, is ample authority to contravene appellants' contention. In that case the court reviews many authorities on the subject, and it there says:
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