Opinion
32277.
SUBMITTED MAY 6, 1977.
DECIDED SEPTEMBER 7, 1977. REHEARING DENIED SEPTEMBER 27, 1977.
Alimony. Houston Superior Court. Before Judge Duke.
Westmoreland, Patterson Moseley, Stewart R. Brown, for appellant.
Edwin S. Varner, for appellee.
The wife in this divorce case appeals from the award of $3,000 to her as attorney fees contending that reasonable compensation would be at least $20,000.
Attorney fees should be sufficient to insure adequate legal representation for the wife, but an award will not be disturbed absent a showing of an abuse of discretion by the trial judge. Hodges v. Hodges, 235 Ga. 848 (2) ( 221 S.E.2d 597) (1976); Fenters v. Fenters, 238 Ga. 131 (2) ( 231 S.E.2d 741) (1977); Code Ann. § 30-203.
The wife's counsel contends that this was a complicated case and that he and his associates expended more than $20,000 worth of time on behalf of the wife. The trial judge, however, was authorized to find that much of this time was spent as attorney for the wife, but not on the divorce proceedings. No abuse of discretion has been shown.
Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.