McIntyre v. McIntyre, 82-682
Decision Date | 14 July 1983 |
Docket Number | No. 82-682,82-682 |
Parties | Alan B. McINTYRE, Appellant, v. Terry Ellis McINTYRE, Appellee. |
Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
Mark E. NeJame of NeJame & Hyman, P.A., Orlando, for appellant.
Jon S. Rosenberg, Orlando, for appellee.
This case involves the award of an attorney's fee to a wife in a dissolution proceeding.
By stipulation the trial court divided the marital assets between the parties with the husband getting the pickup truck and the wife getting the household furniture and a $350 tax refund check. Custody of the two and one-half year old child was awarded to the wife. The husband was ordered to pay $35 per week for child support.
The wife earns a net weekly income of $190; the husband earns a net weekly income of $132, which, less the $35 per week child support, will become $97 per week.
The husband appeals that portion of the final judgment requiring him to pay $1,000 as a contribution to the wife's attorney's fees. We reverse.
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