Legal Opinion

Arena v. Arena

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 4, 2013No. Nos. 2D10-4746, 2D11-1133PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VILLANTI, Judge.

Marcia L. Arena appeals the trial court’s final judgment awarding her bridge-the-gap alimony instead of permanent alimony, as she had requested, and the trial court’s order requiring her former Husband, John F. Arena, to pay only 60% of her attorney’s fees and costs. We affirm the alimony award without discussion. However, we reverse the order granting the former Wife only a partial attorney’s fee award because neither the record on appeal nor the trial court’s fee order contains sufficient factual findings to support the award.

We review an award of attorney’s fees, whether in…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Rosen v. RosenSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
  2. Esaw v. EsawDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
  3. Rogers v. RogersDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009
  4. Crick v. CrickDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012
  5. Elliott v. ElliottDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004

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