What is the test for a request for attorney fees in a marital dissolution action?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Flood v. Hardt, F069665 (Cal. App. 2015):

A request for attorney fees in a marital dissolution action is left to the sound discretion of the trial court and will not be overturned absent an abuse of that discretion. (In re Marriage of Huntington (1992) 10 Cal.App.4th 1513, 1523.) The trial court possesses "broad authority to determine the amount of a reasonable fee" for attorneys. (PLCM Group v. Drexler (200) 22 Cal.4th 1084, 1095.) Trial courts possess their own expertise in determining the value of legal services and may make such a determination "'contrary to, or without the necessity for, expert testimony.'" (Id. at p. 1096.) "We may

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