Costa v. Costa

Following a judgment entered April 8, 1971, granting the appellant husband a divorce from the defendant wife, in which the court retained jurisdiction to award an attorney’s fee, an order was made directing the husband to pay an attorney’s fee of $1,500 to the wife’s attorney. Approximately eighteen months after entry of the divorce judgment, the fee not having been paid, the court entered judgment therefor and authorized issuance of execution.

Predicated thereon, the wife’s attorney sought and obtained a writ of garnishment against Midtown Bank of Miami. The garnishee’s answer revealed that…