T.G.G. v. P.M.L.

ERVIN, Judge.

Appellant, T.G.G., appeals a judgment of attorney’s fees and costs entered in his custody dispute with appellee, P.M.L. We reverse, because the trial court failed to make a specific finding, which is mandatory, regarding the number of hours appellee’s counsel reasonably expended in this case. Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund v. Rowe, 472 So.2d 1145 (Fla.1985); Loper v. Allstate Ins. Co., 616 So.2d 1055 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993); Jones v. Associates Fin., Inc., 565 So.2d 394 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990). Even when there is competent, substantial evidence in the record to support a court’s…