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Albert v. Albert

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Apr 2, 1997
690 So. 2d 734 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

Opinion

Case Nos. 95-4355 96-0402

Opinion filed April 2, 1997

Consolidated appeals and cross-appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Julie Koenig, Judge; L.T. Case No. 95-3492 (38)(92).

Kyle D. Pence of Stolberg and Pence, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Ronald M. Zakarin of Schwartz, Gold, Cohen, Zakarin Kotler, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellee/cross-appellant.


This is an appeal and cross appeal from a judgment of dissolution of marriage. Although the former husband has raised several issues on appeal, we affirm as to all but one — the award of attorney's fees and costs to the former wife. The equitable distribution of the marital assets left the parties in substantial financial parity. Under these circumstances, it was an abuse of discretion for the trial judge to require the former husband to pay the former wife's attorney's fees and costs. Kovar v. Kovar, 648 So.2d 177, 179 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994).

As to the former wife's cross appeal, having carefully considered the merits, we affirm.

AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART.

GUNTHER, C.J., DELL and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Albert v. Albert

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Apr 2, 1997
690 So. 2d 734 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)
Case details for

Albert v. Albert

Case Details

Full title:ALLEN ALBERT, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. HELAINE ALBERT…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Apr 2, 1997

Citations

690 So. 2d 734 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

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