Case Name: STATE, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE on Behalf of Lennetta A. PRUNO, Appellant, v. Malcolm WILLIAMS, Jr. and Pasco County, Florida, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-07-31
Citations: 714 So. 2d 1176
Docket Number: No. 97-04616
Parties: STATE, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE on Behalf of Lennetta A. PRUNO, Appellant, v. Malcolm WILLIAMS, Jr. and Pasco County, Florida, Appellees.
Judges: PARKER, C.J., and FULMER, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 714
Pages: 1176–1176

Head Matter:
STATE, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE on Behalf of Lennetta A. PRUNO, Appellant, v. Malcolm WILLIAMS, Jr. and Pasco County, Florida, Appellees.
No. 97-04616.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
July 31, 1998.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee and Barbara A. Ard, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant Department of Revenue.
Edward B. Cole, Assistant County Attorney, New Port Richey, for Appellee Pasco County.
Emeline C. Acton, County Attorney and Sidney W. Kilgore, Assistant County Attorney, Tampa, for Amicus Curiae Florida Association of Counties.

Opinion:
FRANK, Judge.
The Department of Revenue challenges an order requiring it to pay attorney's fees for a volunteer attorney/guardian ad litem appointed by the trial court pursuant to Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services v. Privette, 617 So.2d 305 (Fla.1993). We reverse.
On September 12, 1994, the trial court appointed Dave Schrader "as a volunteer Attorney ad Litem to represent the best interests of the minor ehild(ren)." The order provides that Mr. Schrader is entitled to recover his costs up to $300.00, but does not mention attorney's fees.
On October 14, 1997, the trial court entered an order that finds that a reasonable attorney's fee for Mr. Schrader's services is $300.00 and orders the Department of Revenue to pay him that sum. Because the trial court's order appointing Mr. Schrader specified that he was appointed as a volunteer attorney ad litem and provided for reimbursement of costs only, the trial court had no authority to award Mr. Schrader an attorney's fee.
Reversed.
PARKER, C.J., and FULMER, J., concur.