Legal Opinion

Mummaw v. Mummaw

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 10, 1975No. X-227Published

1Opinion of the Court

ON MOTION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES

BOYER, Chief Judge.

Appellee, the husband in the divorce proceeding below, has moved this' Court to award him reasonable attorney’s fees pursuant to Rule 3.16(e), F.A.R., incident to the successful prosecution of his *21appeal. In support of his motion, appellee claims that the financial circumstances of the parties reveals the wife’s ability to pay such fees and his own inability to pay same. In fact, our reading of the record supports that contention.

Were the roles reversed in this appeal and were it the husband who was in the better financial condition, we would…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bateman v. BatemanDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API