BEATRICE BAKER CHANDLER, APPELLANT,

v.

GORDON W. CHANDLER, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Adair v. Adair, 720 So. 2d 316 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)
  …ver, the husband has considerably more non-marital assets, which may also be considered in determining a party’s ability to pay for the expenses of the dissolution. See Kendall v. Kendall, 677 So. 2d 48, 49 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996); Chandler v. Chandler, 624 So. 2d 855, 856 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993). We thus reverse and remand for the trial court to award an amount for attorney’s fees to the wife. Affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. SHAHOOD, J., and BRY…
• Kovar v. Kovar, 648 So. 2d 177 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994)
  …e principal criterion for an award of attorney’s fees in a marital case is the relative financial resources of the parties, not just their relative incomes. Armstrong v. Armstrong, 623 So. 2d 1216, 1218 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993). See Chandler v. Chandler, 624 So. 2d 855 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993). Once the trial court equitably distributed the marital assets and awarded the wife the $40,-000 lump sum and $1,500 monthly permanent alimony, the parties were placed in substantially equal financial positions; thus, fees and [*…
• Kendall v. Kendall, 677 So. 2d 48 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996)
  …1205 (Fla.1980). Further, the trial court properly looked to nonmarital assets as well as the parties’ income-earning abilities in considering the financial resources of the parties under section 61.16, Florida Statutes (1993). Chandler v. Chandler, 624 So. 2d 855 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993); Blackburn v. Blackburn, 513 So. 2d 1360 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987). We find no abuse of discretion. Finally, the husband has failed to demonstrate an abuse of discretion with resultant injury from violation of the rule of sequestration…