HARRY K. SINGLETARY, JR., SECRETARY FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, PETITIONER,

v.

LARRY LEONARD A.K.A. DENNIS EDWARDS, RESPONDENT

Citator

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• Hadi B. Lashkajani v. Lashkajani, 911 So. 2d 1154 (Fla. 2005)
  …). The court reversed the award of attorney’s fees and costs to the husband. The court noted, however, that “perceptions have changed since Bel-cher was decided that may require a review of existing legal principles” (quoting Fernandez v. Fernandez, 710 So. 2d 223, 225 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998)), and certified the question quoted above. II. ANALYSIS The narrow issue before us, as the district court asked it, is whether a prenuptial agreement may contract away a future obligation to pay attorney’s fees and costs du…

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• Romano v. Olshen, 153 So. 3d 912 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014)
  …e ward/spouse of funds to cover necessary living expenses. It seems stunningly unfair to deprive a ward of funds of which he or she is clearly an owner. Moreover, spouses owe each other a duty of support “imposed by statute.” Fernandez v. Fernandez, 710 So. 2d 223 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998); see also §§ 61.071, 61.08, 61.09, Fla. Stat. (2012); Lashkajani v. Lashkajani, 911 So. 2d 1154, 1158 (Fla.2005) (recognizing “the continuing obligations of support [between spouses] before the marriage is dissolved”). The purpos…
• McNAMARA v. McNAMARA, 40 So. 3d 78 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010)
  …Even in the face of an antenuptial agreement’s waiver of spousal support, the prevailing law “still requires one spouse, who has the ability, to support the more needy spouse until a final judgment of dissolution is entered.” Fernandez v. Fernandez, 710 So. 2d 223, 225 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998). The parties do not claim that the language of the antenuptial agreement is ambiguous and, according to its plain meaning, we reach a different conclusion from the trial court. See Dows v. Nike, Inc., 846 So. 2d 595, 601 (Fla…

Authorities Cited

• Fla. Dep't OF Corr. v. Pride, 706 So. 2d 133 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)