Koss v. Parker

This matter is set for hearing on Petitioner/Mother’s 4/1/2026 Request for Order (“RFO”) re attorneys’ fees of $20,900 and costs of $817.88 as sanctions relating to the 5/23/2024 OSC Re: Contempt hearing. Filed with the RFO is the Declaration of Michael Fish, Esq., Mother’s Counsel, supporting the fee request with a summary of his work, time and charges, and attached billing statements, with privileged and irrelevant entries redacted. Despite being properly served with the RFO, Respondent/Father did not file a Responsive Declaration or otherwise object to the fee request. His most recent Income & Expense Declaration filed 9/22/2025 is incomplete in that it does not include page 3, which includes an itemization of monthly expenses, funds in deposit accounts, as well as the value of all real and personal property, and outstanding debts, purports to show income received between February and June 20, 2025, but fails to provide any verification of actual billing or receipts.

Appearances by both parties required.

SO ORDERED.

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