Smith v. Smith

Full title: DONALD N. SMITH, APPELLANT, v. BEVERLY A. SMITH, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jun 23, 1981

400 So. 2d 803 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

Opinion

No. 80-2368.

June 23, 1981.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Dade County; Ralph B. Ferguson, Jr., Judge.

Horton, Perse Ginsberg, Miami, for appellant.

Roger A. Bridges, Coral Gables, Sams, Gerstein Ward, Miami, for appellee.

Before HENDRY, SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

No abuse of discretion has been demonstrated in the trial court's award of $75,000 in attorney's fees for the representation of the wife in the cause we considered in Smith v. Smith, 378 So.2d 11 (Fla.3d DCA 1979), cert. denied, 388 So.2d 1118 (Fla. 1980). Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197 (Fla. 1980); Posner v. Posner, 315 So.2d 175 (Fla. 1975); Meltzer v. Meltzer, 400 So.2d 32 (Fla.3d DCA 1981); Adams v. Adams, 376 So.2d 1204 (Fla.3d DCA 1979), cert. denied, 388 So.2d 1109 (Fla. 1980); Snider v. Snider, 375 So.2d 591 (Fla.3d DCA 1979), appeal dismissed, 385 So.2d 760 (Fla. 1980).

Affirmed.