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DYER v. DYER

No. 82-1919.

438 So.2d 954 (1983)

Shirley Tillman DYER, Appellant, v. Vaughn DYER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 5, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Penny D. Mangus, of McDonough & Beyer, Coral Springs, for appellant.

Philip Michael Cullen, III, Chartered, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

HURLEY, Judge.

The question is whether an attorney's charging lien may be enforced against an award of permanent periodic alimony. We decline to formulate a broad rule, but hold, under the facts of this case, that the trial court abused its discretion by permitting an attorney's charging lien to be impressed upon a permanent periodic alimony award of $250.00 per month.

Shirley Dyer retained attorney James McCauley to represent her in a dissolution action....

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