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Benson v. Benson

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Feb 9, 1988
519 So. 2d 1098 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

Opinion

No. 87-24.

February 9, 1988.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Jack M. Turner, J.

Floyd, Pearson, Richman, Greer, Weil, Zack Brumbaugh and Bertha Claire Lee and Bruce A. Christensen, Miami, for appellee.

Frumkes Greene and Melvyn Frumkes, Miami, for appellant.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


This is an appeal from a trial court order requiring the husband to pay one-half of the wife's attorney's fees in a marriage dissolution action. Although the record reveals that the wife can afford to pay her own attorney's fees, it is plain that the husband is in a much better financial position than the wife to pay for such fees. That being so, it is clear that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in entering the order under review, see Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197, 1205 (Fla. 1980); Adler v. Adler, 418 So.2d 1007, 1008 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Bryan v. Bryan, 442 So.2d 362, 364 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983), rev. denied, 450 So.2d 485 (Fla. 1984); Turney v. Turney, 149 So.2d 83, 85 (Fla. 3d DCA 1963), which is hereby

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Benson v. Benson

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Feb 9, 1988
519 So. 2d 1098 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)
Case details for

Benson v. Benson

Case Details

Full title:JEROME BENSON, APPELLANT, v. MINETTE BENSON, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Feb 9, 1988

Citations

519 So. 2d 1098 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

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