Hunt v. Hunt
Hunt v. Hunt
Opinion of the Court
We affirm the trial court’s order finding appellant, William T. Hunt, to be in
We likewise find no abuse of discretion in the trial court’s ruling on Mr. Hunt’s motion for contempt, because the evidence was insufficient to show that the sale of the trailer in question was contrary to the property distribution approved in the judgments. See Keitel v. Keitel, 716 So.2d 842, 844 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998) (stating that when the judgment is not sufficiently explicit or precise to put the party on notice of what he or she may or may not do, it cannot support a finding of contempt). Additionally, Mr. Hunt failed to present sufficient evidence for the court to identify which, if any, of the firearms listed in the property distribution lists were not in his possession and remained in Mrs. Hunt’s possession after the reported theft of at least one of the firearms in question.
We also affirm the court’s denial of Mr. Hunt’s request for attorney’s fees and costs. In October 2001, the court awarded Mrs. Hunt 50 percent of her attorney’s fees and costs to be paid by Mr. Hunt. The record demonstrates no change in the parties’ financial position between the date of the award and the date of the contempt hearing in February 2002, other than the fact that Mr. Hunt refused to pay the required alimony. In so saying, we note that fees in contempt proceedings arising from dissolution of marriage lawsuits are decided under the same standards as the underlying dissolution: need and ability to pay. See id. at 844.
AFFIRMED.
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