Legal Opinion

Dickerson v. Dickerson

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 27, 1981No. TT-170PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SHIVERS, Judge.. This is an appeal from a final judgment of dissolution of marriage. We affirm all portions of the judgment except the $3,000 attorney fee awarded to appellee. The Circuit Court erred in awarding a fee to appel-lee for her attorney’s services because there was no evidence as to the reasonableness of the fee award. Johnson v. Johnson, 382 So.2d 799 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980); Snider v. Snider, 375 So.2d 591 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979).

Therefore, the attorney fee award is reversed and remanded to the Circuit Court for the taking of further evidence.

Additionally, we provisionally grant the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Dresser v. DresserDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977
  2. Snider v. SniderDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
  3. Johnson v. JohnsonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Simpson v. SimpsonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983

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