What are the attorney's rights regarding orders for 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):
In analyzing the attorneys' rights regarding orders for fees it must be remembered that the attorney has no direct substantive or proprietary interest in the allowance of attorney's fees made to the wife. His right is only indirect and derivative. Weil v. Superior Court, 97 Cal.App.2d 373, 376, 217 P.2d 975.
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