Smith v. Dawson

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Thomas Michael Smith appeals a post-dissolution judgment ¿warding attorney’s fees and costs to his former wife, Gail Elizabeth Dawson Smith, n/k/a Gail Elizabeth Dawson. We reverse because the amended motion for attorney’s fees and the notice of hearing were not served upon Smith’s attorneys of record.

Florida Rule of Civil Procedure I.080(b) requires service upon the attorney of record in a pending action. See Bridges v. Bridges, 520 So.2d 318 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988). Smith argues, and the record shows, that the amended motion for attorney’s fees and the notice of hearing were not…