BUCHANAN v. BUCHANAN

No. 2D04-5016.

932 So.2d 270 (2005)

Michael J. BUCHANAN, Appellant, v. Mary Pulliam BUCHANAN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 7, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Valentine, Lakeland, for Appellant.

Douglas H. Smith of The Smith Law Group, P.A., Lake Alfred, for Appellee.


SILBERMAN, Judge.

In this postdissolution proceeding, Michael J. Buchanan (the Former Husband) appeals a civil contempt order. Because the record does not contain competent, substantial evidence to support the trial court's finding of the Former Husband's present ability to pay the $10,000 purge amount, we reverse.

The trial court found the Former Husband in contempt for failure to pay previously ordered attorney's fees of $10,000 to the attorney for Mary...

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