MARCH v. MARCH

No. 80-1084.

395 So.2d 200 (1981)

Barbara MARCH, Appellant, v. Robert MARCH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Resnick, Rosenthal & Weiss and Jeffrey H. Rosenthal, David E. Newman, Miami, for appellant.

Robert V. Shea, Coral Gables, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, C.J., and SCHWARTZ and BASKIN, JJ.


BASKIN, Judge.

We reverse the order entered after final judgment awarding the wife attorneys' fees totaling $1,250. The uncontradicted testimony of expert witnesses recommended a reasonable fee of either $8,625 or $7,900 for approximately 115 hours work performed by the wife's attorneys in connection with the dissolution of her marriage to appellee. The award of $1,250 constitutes an abuse of discretion. The court commented that the attorneys performed ably on behalf...

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