ANDREW DONALD PERINI
v.
DARCIA CHARLENE PERINI

Fla. 4th DCA | 2021-08-04
No. 20-2096
Littleton
322 So. 3d 124 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2021) Positive Treatment
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Holding

An order for attorney's fees that determines entitlement but not the amount is unripe for appellate review and must be dismissed as premature.


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[1] An order awarding attorney's fees that determines entitlement to such fees but fails to ascertain or specify the amount is unripe for appellate review and must be dismiss…

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“An order for attorney's fees that determines the entitlement but not the amount is unripe for appellate review.”

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A former husband appealed the trial court's amended final judgment of dissolution of marriage. The judgment addressed entitlement to attorney's fees b…

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The former husband appeals the trial court’s amended final judgment of dissolution of marriage. We affirm, without opinion, all issues raised in the former husband’s appeal except the award of attorney’s fees. The trial court’s order determines entitlement to the attorney’s fees but does not ascertain the amount. An order for attorney’s fees that determines the entitlement but not the amount is unripe for appellate review. See Weimer v. Weimer, 677 So. 2d 86, 88 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996). Thus, we dismiss without prejudice the appeal of this issue as premature. See Fredrickson v. Fredrickson, 47 So. 3d 975, 975 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010).

Affirmed in part; dismissed in part. FORST, KLINGENSMITH, and ARTAU, JJ., concur. * * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.


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