Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1988

Miller v. Miller

Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided September 22, 1988 · Cobb, Daniel, Sharp

530 So. 2d 1110; 13 Fla. L. Weekly 2183; 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 4176; 1988 WL 96456 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Opinion of the Court

SHARP, Chief Judge.

The former husband appeals from a final judgment in a dissolution proceeding which divided the marital property,1 and awarded the wife permanent and rehabilitative alimony 2 and attorney’s fees. We affirm the property distribution and alimony awards, but reverse the $6,000 award of attorney’s fees based on Beaver v. Beaver, 500 So.2d 742 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987); and Ariko v. Ariko, 475 So.2d 1352 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985).

AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART.

COBB and DANIEL, JJ., concur.

. The property division made by the trial judge was relatively equal and no abuse of discretion by the trial judge was shown. Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197 (Fla. 1980).

. See Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197 (Fla. 1980); Evans v. Evans, 507 So.2d 1130 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987).

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