MAMIE ELIZABETH REED, APPELLANT,

v.

DYLAN TRENEAD REED, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• Nicolaus von Baillou v. von Baillou, 959 So. 2d 821 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007)
  …2d at 699; Bane, 775 So. 2d at 941. The central inquiry under section 61.16 is whether one spouse has a need for fees and the other spouse has the ability to pay them. See Blaine v. Blaine, 869 So. 2d 716, 718 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004); Bagley v. Bagley, 720 So. 2d 582, 583 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). Financial need is “the hidden notion in the statutory term ‘financial resources of both parties.’ ” Satter v. Satter, 709 So. 2d 617, 619 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). “Need” is “the necessity for some financial assistance to engage…
• Conlan v. Conlan, 43 So. 3d 931 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010)
  …(Fla. 4th DCA 2007) (quoting Satter v. Satter, 709 So. 2d 617, 618-19 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)). It is appropriate for a court to award attorney’s fees to avoid an inequitable diminution of the spouse’s share of equitable distribution. Bagley v. Bagley, 720 So. 2d 582, 583-84 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). The question of what is considered “inequitable diminution” is a fact-sensitive one. In June 2006 and January 2007, the trial court awarded Wife temporary attorney’s fees and costs totaling $117,000. By the end of trial…
• Pinder v. Jacquelyn Pinder, 911 So. 2d 870 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005)
  …aring. For purposes of determining whether to award fees in a dissolution [*874] proceeding, a court can look to nonmarital assets as well as the parties’ income-earning abilities in considering the financial resources of parties. Bagley v. Bagley, 720 So. 2d 582 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). In the context of the present case, the trial court, on remand, did not properly evaluate the Former Wife’s ability and the Former Husband’s need in regard to the fee motions and this court’s orders. Instead, it simply determine…

Authorities Cited

• Graham v. Graham, 648 So. 2d 814 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995)