6th Circuit: Man Doesn’t Owe Attorney Fees To Ex After Losing ERISA Battle

Mealey's (October 4, 2019, 8:46 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — An Ohio man who fought an Employee Retirement Income Security Act lawsuit brought by his ex-wife’s guardian after he refused to sign off on the division of certain retirement funds was not shown to have acted unreasonably or in bad faith, a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Sept. 26, affirming a trial court’s denial of attorney fees requested by the guardian (Zachary B. Simonoff v. Mehdi Saghafi, et al., No. 19-3001, 6th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 29046)....