JOHN S. HASKELL
v.
UNNI HASKELL, ET AL.,

Fla. 2d DCA | 2018-12-21
No. 18-0470
Williams, J., Casanueva, J., Silberman, J., Sleet, J.
260 So. 3d 550 Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (2018)

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Holding

An appellate court lacks jurisdiction to review a trial court's ruling on attorney's fees that determines entitlement but reserves jurisdiction on the amount.


Headnotes

[1] An appellate court lacks jurisdiction to review a trial court's determination of entitlement to attorney's fees when the trial court reserves jurisdiction to determine th…

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“We dismiss the appeal as it pertains to this issue because we do not have jurisdiction to review a ruling on attorney's fees that determines entitlement but reserves jurisdiction on amount.”

Court's explanation for dismissing the attorney's fees portion of the appeal

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John S. Haskell appealed an amended final judgment of dissolution of marriage from the Circuit Court for Pinellas County. The trial court determined e…

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Opinion of the Court
Sleet

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING

MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

OF FLORIDA

SECOND DISTRICT

JOHN S. HASKELL, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D18-470 ) UNNI HASKELL; PCP GROUP, LLC; )

FLORIDA INVESTMENT TRUST

) ENTERPRISES, LLC; MATERIAL ) CONNECTION FLORIDA, INC.; and ) HASKELL TEXTILES CORP., LLC, ) ) Appellees. ) ___________________________________) Opinion filed December 21, 2018. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pinellas County; Amy M. Williams, Judge. William P. Cassidy, Jr., and Nicole Deese Newlon of Johnson & Cassidy, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant. Eric R. Maier and Richard C. Alvarez of Older Lundy & Alvarez, Tampa, for Appellee Unni Haskell. No appearance for remaining Appellees.

PER CURIAM.

The amended final judgment of dissolution of marriage is affirmed with the exception of the court's determination of entitlement to attorney's fees. We dismiss the appeal as it pertains to this issue because we do not have jurisdiction to review a ruling on attorney's fees that determines entitlement but reserves jurisdiction on amount. See Card v. Card, 122 So. 3d 436, 436 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013). CASANUEVA, SILBERMAN, and SLEET, JJ., Concur.


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