Legal Opinion
Bull v. Bull
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 12, 1991No. 90-3407PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERVIN, Judge.
Appellant, former wife Judith A. Bull, appeals an order awarding attorney’s fees to the former husband, appellee Bartley Bull, claiming that the award was erroneous because appellee neither pled nor gave notice prior to the hearing at which fees were awarded that he was seeking attorney’s fees, and because there was no authority for a fee award. We reverse.
In May 1990, the former wife filed a motion seeking to establish child-support arrearages, and a hearing was scheduled for October 2,1990. When the former wife was unable to attend because she was in Germany working as a…
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