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Nichols v. Nichols

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Feb 27, 1987
508 So. 2d 379 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

Opinion

No. 86-2681.

February 27, 1987.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Polk County, Thomas M. Langston, J.

Ernest M. Jones, Jr., Lakeland, for appellant.

L. Guerry Dobbins, Jr., Lakeland, for appellee.


In this interlocutory appeal in a dissolution of marriage action, the wife appeals from the trial court's denial of her motion for temporary attorney's fees. We affirm.

The evidence is to the effect that the wife has no present ability to pay substantial attorney's fees and that the husband does have that ability. But this was a request for temporary attorney's fees, and there has been no showing by the wife that she does not have the ability to be represented by counsel. We cannot say that under the circumstances of this case the trial court at this stage abused its discretion.

Affirmed.

RYDER, A.C.J., and CAMPBELL and LEHAN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Nichols v. Nichols

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Feb 27, 1987
508 So. 2d 379 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)
Case details for

Nichols v. Nichols

Case Details

Full title:NADINE G. NICHOLS, APPELLANT, v. LOUIS ALLEN NICHOLS, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Feb 27, 1987

Citations

508 So. 2d 379 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

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