United States Ninth Circuit

Attorney's fees are available if a divorce decree provides for the payment of attorney's fees and state law issues are litigated in the bankruptcy proceedings, but only to the extent that they were incurred litigating the state law issues.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/04/2000
• Decided 11/14/2000
• Published 11/15/2000

Judges

• ALARCON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  GOODWIN, ALARCON, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Richard J. Wotipka, Broihier & Wotipka, Seattle, Washington, for the defendant-appellant., J. Mark Weiss, Law Office of J. Mark Weiss, P.S., Seattle, Washington, for the plaintiff-appellee.