LANDMARK FIRST NAT. BANK v. HAVES

No. 84-1928.

467 So.2d 839 (1985)

LANDMARK FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF FORT LAUDERDALE and Stephen F. Johnson, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Stanley HAVES, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Rudolf of English, McCaughan & O'Bryan, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellant/cross-appellee, Bank.

Stanley Haves, appellee/cross-appellant, pro se.


WALDEN, Judge.

This appeal concerns a spendthrift trust and its vulnerability to the claim of a creditor. The creditor is an attorney who claims court awarded attorney's fees and costs for services rendered to the wife in her divorce proceedings with the trust beneficiary. The trial court entered final judgment ordering the trustee to pay the claimed sums from the net income of the trust. The trustee appeals. We reverse.

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