Legal Opinion

Boose, Casey, Ciklin, Lubitz, Martens, McBane & O'Connell v. Guardianship of Runco

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 29, 1999No. 98-3917Published

1Opinion of the Court

GLICKSTEIN, HUGH S., Senior . Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying enforcement of appellant’s charging lien. We reverse and remand.

The issue is whether there was a recovery to appellee in the guardianship proceedings before the trial court. We conclude that there was.

Appellant was representing appellee in his dissolution action and in the guardian*1220ship of his daughter. The parties’ representation agreement gives appellant a hen upon any recovery, by trial or settlement.

After appellant filed its motion to establish and enforce the charging lien, appellee and his wife settled their…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Hutchins v. HutchinsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  2. Gaebe, Murphy, Mullen & Antonelli v. BradtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  3. Garfield v. GreenDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  4. Law Office of Sara Lawrence, P.A. v. LivingstonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  5. Feldman v. New Alliance Ins. Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998

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