Legal Opinion
Dyer v. Dyer
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided October 5, 1983No. 82-1919PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
438 So.2d 954 (1983)
Shirley Tillman DYER, Appellant,
v.
Vaughn DYER, Appellee.
No. 82-1919.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
October 5, 1983.
Penny D. Mangus, of McDonough & Beyer, Coral Springs, for appellant.
Philip Michael Cullen, III, Chartered, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.
HURLEY, Judge.
The question is whether an attorney's charging lien may be enforced against an award of permanent periodic alimony. We decline to formulate a broad rule, but hold, under the facts of this case, that the trial court abused its discretion by permitting an attorney's charging lien to be…
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