738 So. 2d 485 - Gerhardt v. Gerhardt’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
August 2017
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 696 So. 2d 697 - Rosen v. Rosen · 683 So. 2d 510 - White v. White · 695 So. 2d 381 - White v. White · 698 So. 2d 324 - Spano v. Spano
Most-quoted passages
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“[W]hen we grant a motion for appellate attorney's fees founded on section 61.16, we have no way of knowing how great is the need to equalize the access to legal services, nor how great is the ability to pay. In one case the need may be modest but the ability unlimited; while in another the need may be great but the ability modest; in still another the need and ability are similar; and in yet another there may be little or no need or ability. All of these permutations are for the finder of fact, the trial court, to sort out.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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