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642 So. 2d 668

Richards v. Bennett

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 21, 1994

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1994-09-21

Relies on Frumkes v. Frumkes · 338 So. 2d 544 - Church v. Church · 395 So. 2d 1260 - Girardi v. State

Decided 1994-09-21

GREEN, Judge.

¶1This is a consolidated appeal and cross appeal from orders concerning visitation rights and attorneys’ fees in a custody battle between appellants/grandparents and appel-lee natural father.

¶2We reverse the post judgment order awarding the natural father attorneys’ fees because the court did not reserve jurisdiction to award the same in the final judgment. Absent a specific reservation of jurisdiction for that purpose in the final judgment, the court lacked jurisdiction to award such fees at a later date. Berlin v. Berlin, 395 So.2d 1260 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981); Church v. Church, 338 So.2d 544 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976); Frumkes v. Frumkes, 328 So.2d 34 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976).

¶3We find no reversible error in the remaining orders under review and affirm the same.

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