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477 So. 2d 42

477 So.2d 42

10 Fla.L.Weekly 2400

Docket No. 84-2702.

Planes v. Planes

William Peter PLANES, Appellant, v. Marianthi PLANES a/K/a Marianne Planes, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 22, 1985.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1985-10-22

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“any and all claims that she now has, or may ever have, to ... attorney's fees”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Walsh v. Walsh

Relies on 360 So. 2d 1244 - Miles v. State · 453 So. 2d 826 - Abrams v. Paul · 262 So. 2d 6 - Lee v. Lee

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1985-10-22

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Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently March 2019

11 state decisions

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¶1Greene & Cooper and Sharon L. Wolfe, Miami, for appellant.

¶2Robert L. Koeppel and William T. Goran, Miami, for appellee.

¶3Before HENDRY, NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5We affirm the attorney's fee award under review upon a holding that the trial court had jurisdiction and the wife was entitled to an award of attorney's fees under section 61.16, Florida Statutes (1983), for her attorney's services which were rendered to enforce a final judgment of dissolution of marriage which incorporated a settlement agreement where the husband was in continuous violation of the agreement. See Ettinger v. Ettinger,242 So.2d 502 (Fla. 3d DCA 1971). We reach this holding notwithstanding a footnote in the agreement in which the wife purports to waive, except as provided therein, "any and all claims that she now has, or may ever have, to alimony, suit money, and attorney's fees." First, the husband raises this provision for the first time on appeal. See Abrams v. Paul,453 So.2d 826 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984). Second, even if properly raised, the provision would not prevent an award of fees under section 61.16 in these *43 proceedings to enforce the husband's obligations under the agreement. See Barreiro v. Barreiro,411 So.2d 974 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982). Third, enforcement of the provision in the present proceedings would clearly be inequitable. See Blanton v. Blanton,413 So.2d 453 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982). Finally, we find the amount awarded was reasonable under the circumstances and is supported by competent and substantial evidence. See Lee v. Lee,262 So.2d 6 (Fla. 4th DCA 1972). See also Molne v. Keyes Co.,357 So.2d 262 (Fla. 3d DCA) (the appellant, having tendered no counteraffidavits in the trial court on the issue of attorney's fees, may not question the reasonableness of the fees on appeal), cert. denied,360 So.2d 1249 (Fla. 1978).

¶6Affirmed.

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