BARTON v. McGOVERN

No. BN-108.

504 So.2d 457 (1987)

Philip BARTON, Appellant, v. Nancy Ann McGOVERN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied April 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Ervin, Jr., of Ervin, Varn, Jacobs, Odom & Kitchen, Tallahassee, for appellant.

C. Gary Moody, Gainesville, for appellee.


WIGGINTON, Judge.

This appeal is from a final order denying a petition to enforce an attorney's charging lien and finding that a reasonable attorney's fee and costs for representing appellee would not exceed the amounts previously received by appellant's law offices. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Appellant and his law firm were employed by appellee to represent her in an action for dissolution of marriage. The parties entered into a written fee agreement...

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