BLANTON v. BLANTON

No. 81-744.

413 So.2d 453 (1982)

Dempsey BLANTON, Appellant, v. Olivia BLANTON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Richardson of Saxon & Richardson, P.A., Melbourne, for appellant.

James R. Dressler, Cocoa Beach, for appellee.


FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr., Judge.

Appellant Dempsey Blanton appeals from an order requiring him to pay his wife's attorney's fees and costs despite a property settlement agreement under which she had specifically assumed this obligation.

Attorney Harvey Poe was retained by Mrs. Blanton to represent her in dissolution proceedings against appellant. They entered into a written agreement whereby Poe agreed to represent Mrs. Blanton for $100 per hour plus anything...

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