Tullos v. Tullos

LaROSE, Judge.

Betty Tullos appeals the trial court’s order awarding her a less-than-requested amount of attorney’s fees incurred in a dissolution action. The parties had stipulated that the amount of attorney’s fees and costs was reasonable. The trial court erred in awarding a lesser amount of fees without making specific findings supporting the reduction. We reverse.

The husband, Paul Tullos, filed a dissolution action in 2000. In 2002, the trial court entered an order entitled “Final Judgment of Legal Separation,” which required the husband to pay $1100 in monthly alimony. See § 61.09, Fla.…