Legal Opinion

Crane v. Crane

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 8, 1990No. 89-1966PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRIFFIN, Judge.

This is the appeal of an order denying appellee’s motion for entry of an order of contempt for failure of the appellant/husband to satisfy an award of attorney’s fees to the appellee/wife in a custody modification proceeding. The order appealed recites that the husband would be subject to sanctions in the nature of contempt if the attorney’s fees awarded by the court were not paid by a certain date. Because we find the challenged order is a non-final, non-appealable order, the court does not have jurisdiction to decide this matter. See Culpepper v. Culpepper, 103 Fla. 390, 138…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Madden v. MaddenWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Culpepper v. CulpepperSupreme Court of Florida · 1931

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Eggleston v. EgglestonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
  2. Sell v. SellDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002

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