California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Tessie Cleveland Cmty. Servs. Corp. v. Loghmani, B251944 (Cal. App. 2015):
An order awarding attorney fees is generally reviewed for an abuse of discretion, though the issue of whether fees are awardable by contract or otherwise is a question of law. (Chodos v. Borman (2014) 227 Cal.App.4th 76, 91.)
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