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Pro se appellant challenges denial of attorney-fees award tied to separation agreement; appeals court hears arguments
Summary
Eileen Hoffner, appearing pro se, urged the Appeals Court to reverse a lower court decision denying fees and expenses she sought under separation-agreement provisions and G.L. c. 231 § 6F. The appellee disputed facts about offers and notice; the panel took the case under advisement.
The panel heard oral argument Jan. 15 in Docket No. 231245, Hoffner v. Siegel, where pro se appellant Eileen Hoffner sought recovery of attorney fees and costs through contractual and equitable remedies connected to a prior separation agreement.
Hoffner argued that paragraph 18.1 of the parties’ separation agreement authorized her to seek counsel fees and that paragraph 18.2 — which supplies a fee-shifting remedy…
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