Tenny v. Tenny

The controlling question presented to this Court for a decision on appeal from a final decree granting a divorce dated April 26,1940, entered by the Circuit Court of Volusia County, Florida, is: Was the court authorized to retain jurisdiction of the subject matter and the parties by a term of the final decree of divorce, for the purpose of entering such a further and subsequent order of decree allowing Mabel W. Tenny whatever amount which may be reasonable and just for attorney’s fees which may be incurred in the future or after the date of the entry of the final decree? The record discloses…