DEXTER RAMDAMAR, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Ivy Schneider v. Schneider, 32 So. 3d 151 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010)
  …lculation of fees the amount of the accounting fee which it found was reasonable. The order is incomplete. Under prevailing law, the trial court must make findings to substantiate a fee award and allow for meaningful review. See DeLillo v. DeLillo, 848 So. 2d 454, 455 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). When someone other than the client is required to pay the other party’s attorney’s fees, the trial court must award only a reasonable fee, determined from testimony by expert witness lawyers as to the prevailing rates for a…
• Beckstrom v. Beckstrom, 183 So. 3d 1067 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015)
  …ees.... ” We previously reversed a final judgment that included an “award of attorney’s fees because the trial court did not make findings concerning the former wife’s need and the former husband’s ability to pay fees and costs.” DeLillo v. DeLillo, 848 So. 2d 454, 454 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003); see also Baime v. Baime, 850 So. 2d 606, 606 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003) (“The trial court is required to make findings regarding the parties’ respective financial needs and abilities to pay. Failure to do so requires reversal.”) (…
• Smith v. Vernia Smith, 226 So. 3d 948 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017)
  …s fees, but did not make a finding as to" the former husband’s ability to pay. We therefore reverse the judgment 'on this issue and remand the case to the trial court to make the requisite written findings.” Id. at 1069; see also DeLillo v. DeLillo, 848 So. 2d 454, 454 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003) (similar). Second, there was also no evidence to support part of the fees award. We begin by noting that Former Husband never argued below that there was insufficient evidence to support the award. However, he did so on app…

Authorities Cited

• Taramona v. State, 707 So. 2d 1194 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)
• Narciso Alberto v. Dep't OF Child. & Families, 707 So. 2d 1194 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)