Case Name: Tony ROMERO, Appellant, v. Carla ROMERO, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2007-11-07
Citations: 971 So. 2d 863
Docket Number: No. 3D07-554
Parties: Tony ROMERO, Appellant, v. Carla ROMERO, Appellee.
Judges: Before GERSTEN, C.J., and CORTINAS, J., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 971
Pages: 863–864

Head Matter:
Tony ROMERO, Appellant, v. Carla ROMERO, Appellee.
No. 3D07-554.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 7, 2007.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 13, 2007.
The Silver Law Group and Patricia M. Silver, Islamorada, for appellant.
Hershoff, Lupino & Yagel and Jay A. Hershoff and Jessica B. Reilly, Tavernier, and Russel Yagel, for appellee.
Before GERSTEN, C.J., and CORTINAS, J., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from an assessment of attorney's fees against an ex-husband for engaging in vexatious post-judgment litigation. We agree that such an award was justified by the circumstances. However, we substantially reduce the $96,443.75 actually assessed to $29,354.22, the accounts receivable balance as of June 9, 2006, because a great deal of the efforts expended in response by the former wife's attorney were wholly unnecessary for which even a vexatious opponent should not have to pay. See Becker v. Becker, 778 So.2d 438, 439 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001); Whitney v. Whitney, 638 So.2d 517, 517-18 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994); Ziontz v. Ocean Trail Unit Owners Ass'n, 663 So.2d 1334, 1335-37 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993); Miller v. First Am. Bank & Trust, 607 So.2d 483 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992); Dalia v. Alvarez, 605 So.2d 1282 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992); Mettler v. Mettler, 569 So.2d 496, 498 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990).
Affirmed.