Gonzalez

Thomas P. Gonzalez (husband) seeks review of a judgment and an order made during the course of a dissolution of marriage proceeding initiated against him by Virginia Thorpe Gonzalez (wife). The judgment set aside the marital settlement agreement (agreement) executed by the parties on August 25, 1970, on the grounds that it *740 had been signed by wife as a result of duress, mistake of fact, and mistake of law. The order directed that husband pay on account of services already rendered and services to be rendered in connection with a prospective trial of the property rights of the parties, $9,832.17 in attorney’s fees and accountant’s fees and costs on behalf of wife.

Wife filed her petition for dissolution of marriage on January 16, 1970. Her first attorney subsequently took husband’s deposition, employed accountants to examine the books and records of husband’s business, the Thos. P. Gonzalez Corporation (corporation), and examined the records of husband and his business at the offices of the Crocker-Citizens National Bank. Approximately four months after filing her petition, wife substituted in another firm of attorneys, and again one month later substituted in a third…