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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Obie Wayne DONALDSON and Amy Gaye, as Temporary Guardians of Gabrielle Louise Smith, a Minor, Appellants, v. A. Douglas SMITH and Betty Louise Smith, Appellees.
    No. 1D01-446.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    Nov. 26, 2001.
    Robert J. Beckham, Scott D. Makar, and Judy C. Ossi of Holland & Knight LLP, Jacksonville, for Appellants.
    No appearance, for Appellees.
   PER CURIAM.

We reverse the trial court’s award of attorney’s fees to appellees. It was error to award attorney’s fees where they were not properly requested in the pleadings. See Stockman v. Downs, 573 So.2d 835 (Fla.1991).

WOLF, VAN NORTWICK and BROWNING, JJ., concur. 
      
      . It is questionable whether appellees would have been entitled to such fees even if they had been properly sought. See In re Guardianship of Jansen, 405 So.2d 1074 (Fla. 2d DCA 1981).