VALPARAISO BANK & TRUST CO. v. SIMS

No. AA-386.

343 So.2d 967 (1977)

The VALPARAISO BANK & TRUST COMPANY, As Administrator C.T.A. of the Estate of Coleman L. Kelly, Deceased, Appellant, v. Mattie M. SIMS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnny A. Fortune, Estergren, Fortune, Anchors & Powell, Fort Walton Beach, for appellant.

Louis K. Rosenbloum and R.P. Warfield of Levin, Warfield, Middlebrooks, Graff, Mabie, Rosenbloum & Magie, Pensacola, for appellee.


SMITH, Judge.

The Valparaiso Bank, administrator of the estate of Coleman L. Kelly, deceased, appeals from an order of the Okaloosa County circuit court awarding appellee Mattie (Kelly) Sims, former wife of the decedent, $50,000 for the payment of fees for the services of her lawyer in this divorce proceeding, which antedates Florida's no-fault marriage dissolution law. The divorce judgment was entered in June 1971, incorporating an agreement of the parties settling...

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