LEONE v. LEONE

No. 92-1189.

619 So.2d 323 (1993)

Pamela A. LEONE, Appellant, v. Samuel P. LEONE, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela A. Leone, in pro. per.

Charles J. Sibley, Miami, for appellees.

Before JORGENSON, GERSTEN and GODERICH, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Pamela A. Leone (Wife), appeals an order granting her former counsel attorney's fees pursuant to an attorney's charging lien. We reverse and remand.

Florida courts have held that an attorney's charging lien should not be enforced against an award of alimony if to do so would deprive a former spouse of daily sustenance or the minimal necessities of life. Zimmerman v. Livnat, 507 So.2d 1205 (Fla...

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