In West Virginia, courts must consider six factors in determining whether to award attorney fees in a divorce:
* A party's ability to pay his or her own fee
* The beneficial results obtained by an attorney
* The respective financial conditions of the parties
* The effect of the fees on each party's standard of living
* The degree of fault of either party making the divorce action necessary
* The reasonableness of the attorney's fee request
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