Caryi v. Caryi

The former wife, Jeannette Caryi, n/k/a Jeannette Colado, appeals an order denying her motion for attorney’s fees incurred *509in a post-judgment action to establish the former husband’s child support obligation. The record establishes that the former husband’s net income and net worth far exceed that of the former wife. Notwithstanding, the trial court denied the former wife’s attorney’s fees request, determining that: (1) based on this court’s decision in Flanders v. Flanders, 516 So.2d 1090 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987), attorney’s fees were not recoverable because the proceeding was in the nature of a…