BAKER & HOSTETLER, LLP v. SWEARINGEN

No. 5D08-1089.

998 So.2d 1158 (2008)

BAKER & HOSTETLER, LLP, Appellant, v. Linda Sue SWEARINGEN, et al., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Foster, Sr. and Rebecca N. Shwayri of Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Orlando, for Appellant.

Linda Sue Swearingen, Windermere, Pro Se.

James M. Campbell, Orlando, for Appellee, Sherman Wayne Swearingen.

No Appearance for Appellees, Malibu Construction and Investment, Inc. and Kwinkz Korp., Inc.


MONACO, J.

The central issue framed by this appeal is whether a trial court is precluded from adjudicating a charging lien dispute that surfaces between a party and her attorney where the court has reserved jurisdiction in a final judgment dissolving a marriage to determine a party's entitlement to, and the amount of, attorney's fees, costs and suit monies. The trial court reluctantly concluded that it had no jurisdiction to consider this matter. The trial court's...

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