ARLANDER WILLIAMS, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Thornton v. Byrnes, 537 So. 2d 1088 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989)
  …totality of financial disclosure as to the assets of both parties,” the mother was not entitled to any attorney’s fees or costs. While we recognize that an award of attorney’s fees is a matter of discretion with the trial court, Colbath v. Colbath, 268 So. 2d 361 (Fla.1972), it is an abuse of that discretion to look exclusively to the financial circumstances of the parties in determining whether to award fees. Meloan v. Cover-dale, 525 So. 2d 935 (Fla. 3d DCA), rev. denied, 536 So. 2d 243 (Fla.1988). The tri…
• Jerline Lee Montgomery Hendricks v. Farrel Bradley Hendricks, 279 So. 2d 905 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973)
  …PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Colbath v. Colbath, Fla.1972, 268 So. 2d 361. See also Local Lodge Number 1248, etc. v. St. Regis Paper Company, Fla.App.1960, 125 So. 2d 337, 343. REED, C. J., and WALDEN and CROSS, JJ., concur.…
• Spencer v. Mrs. Rochelle Terebelo Spencer, 305 So. 2d 256 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974)
  …assume for purposes of this decision that the trial court exercised sound discretion in concluding that the wife’s needs and the husband’s ability justified payment by the appellant of a fee to the wife’s attorney. See, Colbath v. Colbath, Fla.1972, 268 So. 2d 361. Nevertheless, we do find this case somewhat analogous to Keena v. Keena, Fla.App.1971, 245 So. 2d 665, wherein Judge Rawls wrote as follows: “The question of awarding an attorney’s fee to be paid by the husband to [*260] the wife’s attorney when…