RAFAEL LOPEZ, APPELLANT,
v.
ADDYS LOPEZ, APPELLEE
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PER CURIAM.
The appellant husband seeks review of a final judgment of dissolution of marriage contending first, that the trial court erred in awarding the wife of a nineteen-year marriage his one-half interest in the equity in the home of the parties as lump-sum alimony, this being the only substantial asset of the parties. Although we might not have made such an award if we were making the initial determination, we cannot say on this record that the trial court erred in this particular. Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So. 2d 1197 (Fla.1980); Brown v. Brown, 424 So. 2d 845 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982); Cowan v. Cowan, 389 So. 2d 1187 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980).
The husband also questions the appropriateness of an order requiring him to pay $3,000 as attorney’s fees. We think this point is well taken and do hereby reverse this award. Poppe v. Poppe, 412 So. 2d 38 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Golden v. Golden, 410 So. 2d 945 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Bullard v. Bullard, 380 So. 2d 1090 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980).
Affirmed in part, reversed in part.
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- Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So. 2d 1197 (Fla. 1980)
- Winnifred A. Cowan v. Cowan, 389 So. 2d 1187 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980)
- Earlene P. Bullard v. Bullard, 380 So. 2d 1090 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980)
- Poppe v. Poppe, 412 So. 2d 38 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982)
- Jones v. State, 412 So. 2d 38 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982)
- Golden v. Zina Golden, 410 So. 2d 945 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982)
- Brown v. Brown, 424 So. 2d 845 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982)