Hahamovitch v. Hahamovitch

We reverse the order on appeal to the extent that it awarded the wife attorney’s fees for the travel time of her counsel. See Mandel v. Decorator’s Mart, Inc. of Deerfield Beach, 965 So.2d 311, 315 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007) (“[W]ithout proof that a competent local attorney could not be obtained, an award of attorney’s fees from an opponent should not include travel time over and above what a local attorney would charge.”); Belmont v. Belmont, 761 So.2d 406, 407 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000) (reversing fees in a dissolution case for the time the wife’s Polk County counsel spent traveling to and from Sarasota…