Case ID: so2d_433/html/1013-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

B.J. McCLURE, Appellant, v. Graciela Maria Mendoza ALONSO and Gustavo Alonso, Appellees.
    No. 82-2322.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    June 7, 1983.
    Rehearing Denied July 20, 1983.
    McClure & Associates and Richard E. Tullie, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
    Chillingworth & Axelrod, P.A. and Charles C. Chillingworth, Palm Beach, for appellees.
    Before HENDRY, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.
   FERGUSON, Judge.

A final judgment of dissolution which ordered the husband to pay fees to the wife’s attorney did not bar a separate action by the wife’s attorney to recover fees on a contract, by terms of which she agreed to compensate her attorney at the rate of $100 per hour and to be personally liable to the extent that those' fees exceeded the amount awarded by the court in the dissolution proceeding. Barranco, Darlson, Daniel & Bluestein v. Winner, 386 So.2d 1277 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980).

Reversed and remanded for further proceedings on both the complaint and counterclaim. 
      
      . The Retainer Agreement executed by the parties provided:
      7. It is further understood and agreed that any amounts due and payable for and on account of costs and attorneys [sic] fees which are not awarded by the Court to Graciela Maria Mendoza [wife] shall be paid by her and guaranteed by Gustavo Alonso [wife’s father].