BYRON PETERSON AND MARGARET PETERSON
v.
SUSAN J. LEBEL
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Unauthorized awards of attorney's fees do not constitute fundamental error in civil cases and therefore do not warrant relief on appeal.
[1] Unauthorized awards of attorney's fees do not constitute fundamental error in civil cases and therefore do not provide grounds for appellate reversal.
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Byron Peterson and Margaret Peterson appealed a judgment from the Circuit Court for Lake County. The appeal involved a dispute with Susan J. LeBel.…
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FIFTH DISTRICT
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED
BYRON PETERSON AND
MARGARET PETERSON,
Appellants,
v. Case No. 5D19-2964
SUSAN J. LEBEL,
Appellee.
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Opinion filed Septemer 25, 2020
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Lake County, Dan R. Mosley, Judge.
Donna M. Goerner, of The Law Office of Donna M. Goerner, P.A., Altamonte Springs, for Appellants.
Edward P. Jordan, II, of Edward P. Jordan II, P.A., Clermont, for Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Sanford v. Rubin, 237 So. 2d 134, 137–38 (Fla. 1970); Yau v. IWDWarriors Corp., 144 So. 3d 557, 561 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014) (“Because unauthorized awards of attorney’s fees appear to generally fall outside the category of what might constitute fundamental error in a civil case, we are obliged to deny relief.”). EVANDER, C.J., LAMBERT and TRAVER, JJ., concur.
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