JAY SUNDAY, APPELLANT,
v.
JUDITH SUNDAY, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1992-12-08
No. 91-2675
Before NESBITT, BASKIN and LEVY, JJ.
610 So. 2d 62 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1992) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

The husband appeals the trial court’s final judgment of dissolution of marriage. We affirm except for the amount the trial court awarded the wife in attorney’s fees. Because the trial court failed to make specific findings regarding the number of hours reasonably expended and a reasonable hourly rate for the attorney’s services, we must reverse the attorney fee award and remand to the trial court with orders to make the requisite findings. Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund v. Rowe, 472 So. 2d 1145 (Fla.1985), modified on other grounds by, Standard Guar. Ins. Co. v. Quanstrom, 555 So. 2d 828 (Fla.1990). All other points are without merit.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.


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  • Warner v. Warner, 692 So. 2d 266 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997)
    …hours expended and the reasonable hourly rate as mandated by Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund v. Rowe, 472 So. 2d 1145, 1150-51 (Fla.1985)), disagreed with on other grounds, Kelson v. Kelson, 675 So. 2d 1370 (Fla.1996); see also Sunday v. Sunday, 610 So. 2d 62 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992) (entry of fee award without a determination of reasonable rate and hours expended requires remand). Remand for the requisite findings is not appropriate here because the wife failed to bring forth any evidence to support such fin…
  • Shrove v. Shrove, 724 So. 2d 679 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999)
    …mount previously awarded as temporary fees. The trial court also failed to make requisite findings concerning reasonable hours expended and a reasonable hourly rate. See Warner v. Warner, 692 So. 2d 266, 267-68 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997); Sunday v. Sunday, 610 So. 2d 62, 62 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992). In light of our reversal of the support awards, and the failure of the evidence and the court’s findings to support the fees award, we reverse for reconsideration and for findings of reasonable number of hours and hourly rate…
  • Abernethy v. Fishkin, 638 So. 2d 160 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994)
    …with the requirements of Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund v. Rowe, 472 So. 2d 1145, 1150-51 (Fla.1985). The trial court did not make specific findings as to the reasonable number of hours expended and the reasonable hourly rate. Sunday v. Sunday, 610 So. 2d 62, 62 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992). Accordingly, we affirm the trial court’s order enforcing the final judgment of dissolution but reverse the award of attorney’s fees and remand this cause to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this opinio…

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