Marriage of Grundman v. Grundman
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
ORFINGER, Chief Judge.
In this appeal from a final judgment of dissolution of marriage we find no abuse of the trial court’s discretion on matters relating to equitable distribution of assets, alimony and child support. We do hold, however, that the trial court abused its discretion ip awarding attorney’s fees to the wife when the record clearly shows that she has the greater ability to pay those fees and does not require the husband’s assistance to provide herself with competent counsel. See McIntyre v. McIntyre, 434 So.2d 61 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983); Bucci v. Bucci, 350 So.2d 786 (Fla. 3d DCA…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McIntyre v. McIntyreDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
- Bucci v. BucciDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977
3Cited by1 opinion
- Waters v. WatersDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984