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Fedina v. Larichev

The trial court's order failed to indicate how the court determined the amount of attorneys' fees to award the defendant based on the plaintiff's sanctionable conduct.

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Following their divorce, Yuliya Fedina sued Alexi Larichev, seeking title to a condominium, cancellation of a security deed and promissory note, an accounting for Larichev’s business, and repayment of money she alleges Larichev owes to her. Larichev filed counterclaims for breach of contract and conversion. Following a bench trial, the trial court entered judgment in favor of Larichev as to Fedina’s claims and in favor of Larichev as to his counterclaims, but awarded him $0 in damages. Fedina appeals in two related cases, arguing in Case No. A13A0570 that the trial court erred by failing to cancel the security deed and promissory note and by finding in favor of Larichev as to her claim that he owed her money. In Case No. A13A0571, Fedina argues that the trial court erred by awarding Larichev attorney fees under OCGA § 9-15-14 b and by denying her post-judgment motions to unseal records from the Georgia Department of Human Services “GDHS” regarding Larichev and for an accounting of Larichev’s safety deposit box. We have consolidated the cases for review, and for the reasons that follow, we affirm in part, vacate the award of attorney fees, and remand.

“When an appeal is taken from a judgment entered following a bench trial, we owe no deference to the way in which the court below resolved questions of law, but we accept its factual findings unless clearly erroneous, and we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the judgment.”1

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