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St. Dept. of H R Serv. v. McCarthy

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Nov 30, 1994
645 So. 2d 1082 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

Opinion

No. 93-02499.

November 30, 1994.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pasco County; Lynn Tepper, Judge.

Joanna B. Garrett of Carlton Carlton, P.A., Lakeland, for appellants.

Laura L. Whiteside of Laura L. Whiteside, P.A., Tampa, for appellee.


The appellants challenge a final order denying a petition to establish child support filed pursuant to the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA). We affirm the denial of the petition without comment.

The appellants also challenge the trial court's determination that the appellee is entitled to have his attorney's fees paid by the appellants with the amount to be set at a later date. However, this court has recently held that an order determining entitlement alone is a nonappealable, nonfinal order. See McIlveen v. McIlveen, 644 So.2d 612 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994); see also Avis Rent A Car Systems, Inc. v. Newman, 641 So.2d 915 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994). We therefore dismiss the appeal as to entitlement to attorney's fees without prejudice to a subsequent appeal from a final order setting the amount of fees.

Affirmed in part; dismissed in part.

DANAHY, A.C.J., and QUINCE, J., concur.


Summaries of

St. Dept. of H R Serv. v. McCarthy

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Nov 30, 1994
645 So. 2d 1082 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)
Case details for

St. Dept. of H R Serv. v. McCarthy

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, ON…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Nov 30, 1994

Citations

645 So. 2d 1082 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

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