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5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 42 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from J.E.V. v. K.V..

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1 J.E.V. v. K.V. Anchor
njsuperctappdiv · 2012
green “the party requesting the fee award must be in financial need and the party paying the fees must have the financial ability to pay, and if those two factors have been established, the party requesting the fees must have acted in good faith in the litigation.” 14
2 Guglielmo v. Guglielmo
njsuperctappdiv · 1992
green “the party requesting the fee award must be in financial need and the party paying the fees must have the financial ability to pay, and if those two factors have been established, the party requesting the fees must have acted in good faith in the litigation.” 11
3 Reese v. Weis
njsuperctappdiv · 2013
green “sufficient ability to satisfy their attorney's fee obligation, and neither . . . proceeded in bad faith,” 7
4 Loro v. Colliano
njsuperctappdiv · 2002
green “rest within the sound discretion of the trial judge.” 5
5 Loro v. Colliano
njsuperctappdiv · 2002
green “simple omnibus references to the rules without sufficient findings to justify a counsel fee award makes meaningful review of such an award impossible . . . .” 5

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