Louth v. Williams

PATTERSON, Judge.

James Louth appeals from a trial court order awarding appellate attorney’s fees to his former wife, Mariellen Williams. We reverse.

The parties were divorced by a final judgment dated January 19, 1990. That judgment was appealed to this court and affirmed without opinion in Louth v. Louth, 583 So.2d 679 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991). The wife then sought attorney’s fees in the trial court for fees she incurred defending the husband’s motion for rehearing of the final judgment. The husband applied for a writ of prohibition in this court, asserting that the trial court lacked jurisdiction…