Winters v. Winters

Full title: LEE ROY WINTERS, APPELLANT, v. ANNA MARIA WINTERS, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Feb 12, 1985

464 So. 2d 200 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

Opinion

No. 84-2594.

February 12, 1985.

Appeal from non-final order from Circuit Court, Dade County; Richard S. Fuller, Judge.

Kopplow Flynn and Ronald Kopplow, Miami, for appellant.

Harvey D. Rogers and Kevin S. Opolka, Hialeah, for appellee.

Before HENDRY, NESBITT and BASKIN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The record before us sufficiently demonstrates that the trial court abused its discretion in requiring the husband to pay attorneys' fees in an amount well beyond his financial ability. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for reconsideration of the award of attorneys' fees in accordance with the relative financial needs and abilities of the parties. See Cummings v. Cummings, 330 So.2d 134 (Fla. 1976); Travieso v. Travieso, 447 So.2d 940 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984).

Reversed and remanded.