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Lois NIESEN, Appellant, v. Stephen Michael NIESEN, M. D., Appellee.
    No. 76-2064.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    March 25, 1977.
    Rehearing Denied May 10, 1977.
    Harry G. Carratt, Morgan, Carratt & O’Connor, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
    Carol M. Anderson, Anderson & Anderson, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

CROSS and DAUKSCH, JJ., concur.

ANSTEAD, J., dissents in part.

ANSTEAD, Judge,

dissenting in part:

I would reverse the trial court’s order denying temporary attorneys fees on the basis that the record clearly shows that the wife has the need and the husband has the ability to pay. Section 61.16, Florida Statutes (1975); Mertz v. Mertz, 287 So.2d 691 (Fla.2d DCA 1973); Helsel v. Helsel, 138 So.2d 99 (Fla.3d DCA 1962).