Legal Opinion

Piazza v. Piazza

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 24, 1990No. 89-1648Published

1Per curiam

We reverse the award of attorney’s fees and remand with direction that any award is to be for fees at the trial court level only, in light of our previous ruling upon the untimely motion for appellate attorney’s fees for the prior appeal. We denied that motion; the trial court therefore had no jurisdiction to award attorney's fees for that appeal.

The trial court is further directed to condition any award upon the filing by appel-lee of a financial affidavit, as required by Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.611(a) which she did not file, as well as the opportunity of appellant for discovery…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Florida Patient's Compensation Fund v. RoweSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  2. Seaton v. SeatonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990

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