BEVERLY CLARK AND ESTATE OF BARBARA BERTMAN, BENEFICIARIES AND INTERESTED PERSONS, IN THE ESTATE OF GOLDIE SIMON, DECEASED, APPELLANTS,
v.
SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY & FRED R. KUCKER, APPELLEES
BEVERLY CLARK AND ESTATE OF BARBARA BERTMAN, BENEFICIARIES AND INTERESTED PERSONS, IN THE ESTATE OF GOLDIE SIMON, DECEASED, APPELLANTS,
SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY & FRED R. KUCKER, APPELLEES
495 So. 2d 264
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1986)
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
The trial court affixed an attorney’s fee without testimony from the attorney in support of his fee other than a time sheet and without any other testimony to indicate the reasonableness of the time expended or the amount of fee to be awarded. We find this to be error. Snider v. Snider, 375 So. 2d 591 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979); Lee v. Gilbert, Silverstein & Hellman, 350 So. 2d 1147 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977); Lyle v. Lyle, 167 So. 2d 256 (Fla. 2d DCA 1964). Wherefore the order under review fixing attorney’s fees be and the same is hereby reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings.
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Brewer v. Solovsky, 945 So. 2d 610 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006)…tailing the services provided as well as the testimony from the attorney in support of the fee. Fairdoth v. Bliss, 917 So. 2d 1005 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006); see also Daniel v. Moats, 718 So. 2d 949 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998); Clark v. Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, 495 So. 2d 264 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986). In this case, while there was- evidence presented to the trial court in the form of appellee’s attorney retainer agreement and invoices for the services provided, and appellee herself testified as to her attorney’s fees being bot…
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Faircloth v. Bliss, 917 So. 2d 1005 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006)…roceedings to modify fathers child support obligation; no one testified concerning attorney fees except mother, mother merely stated what she paid, and there was no evidence as to reasonableness of hours or fees); Clark v. Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, 495 So. 2d 264 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986) (holding that it was error for the trial court to affix an attorneys fee without testimony from the attorney in support of his fee other than a time sheet and without any other testimony to indicate the reasonableness of the time…
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- Lyle v. Lyle, 167 So. 2d 256 (Fla. 2d DCA 1964)
- Joan v. LEE, 350 So. 2d 1147 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977)
- Dubois v. The Keyes Co., 375 So. 2d 591 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979)
- Snider v. Snider, 375 So. 2d 591 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979)