Attorney’s Fees in a Dissolution Proceeding – Stipulations in Florida

Where the parties stipulate that the court will reserve jurisdiction to determine attorney’s fees, this agreement is binding upon the court.  “[T]he trial court further erred when it denied an award of attorney’s fees to the wife where the court and the parties had agreed that all issues pertaining to the wife’s request for fees [...]

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Ability to Pay Attorney’s Fees in Florida

If neither party can afford attorney’s fees, they may be required to reduce their lifestyle until the attorney’s fees are paid. “Although both parties appear to be living beyond their means, ‘[t]his [may] simply [be] a case in which the payment of attorneys’ fees must reduce the lifestyle of one or both litigants while the [...]

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