JAMES J. MANNION, APPELLANT,
v.
BETTY JEAN MANNION, APPELLEE
JAMES J. MANNION, APPELLANT,
BETTY JEAN MANNION, APPELLEE
414 So. 2d 598
Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (1982)
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Cited by 4 cases
Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
Husband’s voluntary dismissal of his suit for marriage dissolution deprived the trial court of power subsequently to order his payment of the wife’s attorney’s fees. Knight v. County of Alachua, 396 So. 2d 846 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981). Accordingly, the order is
REVERSED.
ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., C.J., and ERVIN and SHAW, JJ., concur.
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Nolan v. Altman, 449 So. 2d 898 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984)…0 So. 2d 68 (Fla. 1978). Although prior opinions of this court have interpreted Randle as precluding attorney’s fee awards subsequent to voluntary dismissal, see Knight v. County of Alachua, 396 So. 2d 846 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981) and Mannion v. Mannion, 414 So. 2d 598 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982), the Florida Supreme Court has now held that “when the legislature has specifically defined attorney’s fees as part of the costs, then the assessment of attorney’s fees after a case has been voluntarily dismissed is within the pu…
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Dorthea Ann Ward v. State, 429 So. 2d 825 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983)…osed for two or more crimes. We, along with all but one of our sister courts, have extended the Dorfman rationale to prohibit general terms of probation for two or more offenses. Glanton v. State, 415 So. 2d 909 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982); Jacques v. State, 414 So. 2d 598 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982); Price v. State, 393 So. 2d 69 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981); and Pearson v. State, 371 So. 2d 569 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979). Hence, we hold the trial court erred in imposing a general probation term on the offenses. Appellant is entitled to a…
Authorities Cited
- Knight v. Cnty. OF Alachua, 396 So. 2d 846 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981)