STATE, DEPT. OF REV. v. DUNCAN

No. 97-04712.

714 So.2d 1174 (1998)

STATE, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, on Behalf of Luann KNIGHT, Appellant, v. Marshall DUNCAN and Pasco County, Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee and Barbara A. Ard, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant Department of Revenue.

Edward B. Cole, Assistant County Attorney, New Port Richey, for Appellee Pasco County.

Emeline C. Acton, County Attorney and Sidney W. Kilgore, Assistant County Attorney, for Amicus Curiae Florida Association of Counties.


FRANK, Judge.

The Department of Revenue challenges an order requiring it to pay attorney's fees and costs to Mark J. Ware, whom the trial court appointed as an attorney/guardian ad litem. We affirm.

On April 21, 1997, the trial court entered an order granting Mr. Ware's motion for fees and costs. The order awarded $500.00 in attorney's fees and $24.88 in costs to be paid by the Department. On October 30, 1997, the trial court entered an order finding that...

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