Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1979

In re the Marriage of Goff

Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 23, 1979 · Ernest, Ervin, Mason, Mills

368 So. 2d 676; 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 14394 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Appellants, contestants below, join in this appeal to urge that the trial court improperly assessed costs against them. We agree and reverse.

In the absence of statutory authority or agreement between the parties, the trial court had no authority to assess costs against them.

REVERSED.

MILLS, Acting C. J., and ERVIN, J., and MASON, ERNEST E., Associate Judge, concur.

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