Haywald v. Fougere

The partial award of attorney’s fees and costs to the former wife was justified where the former husband has a college degree and certification, a stable job in which he makes $4000 more monthly than the former wife (who doesn’t have a degree and spent most of her time raising the family’s two kids). See Rosen v. Rosen, 696 So.2d 697, 701 (Fla.1997) (“a court may consider all the circumstances surrounding the suit in awarding fees under section 61.16[, Fla. Stat.]”). Though she is getting durational alimony of $500 monthly for five years, drawing her monthly income closer to that of the…