Legal Opinion
O'Hare v. Hamric
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 2, 2004No. Nos. 2D02-4010, 2D03-1404PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Judge.
In these consolidated appeals, Lee O’Hare and Lynn Atherton challenge an order awarding compensation to their sister, Lalai Hamric, the guardian of the person of their mother, Sara H. Sapp (the Ward), and an order awarding attorney’s fees and costs to Hamric’s attorney, Melville G. Brinson, III. Because we conclude that the award of attorney’s fees and costs to Brinson was barred by the express terms of the parties’ settlement agreement, we reverse the order authorizing the *689payment of attorney’s fees and costs from the Ward’s estate to Brinson. We also reverse the order…
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