Case Name: Melvin SILVERMAN, Appellant, v. Bess Ann SILVERMAN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-10-28
Citations: 719 So. 2d 388
Docket Number: No. 97-2748
Parties: Melvin SILVERMAN, Appellant, v. Bess Ann SILVERMAN, Appellee.
Judges: STONE, C.J., WARNER and GROSS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 719
Pages: 388–388

Head Matter:
Melvin SILVERMAN, Appellant, v. Bess Ann SILVERMAN, Appellee.
No. 97-2748.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Oct. 28, 1998.
Ileana Haedo of Law Offices of Anthony B. Borras, Lauderhill, for appellant.
Sara Lawrence of Law Office of Sara Lawrence, P.A., Miami, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Husband appeals an order finding him in contempt for failure to pay attorney's fees, arguing that the trial court did not make the necessary findings under Pompey v. Cochran, 685 So.2d 1007 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997). We affirm in light of the trial court's finding in a subsequent order that Husband willfully violated the order and had the ability to pay. The record affirmatively shows that Husband willfully violated the order and had the present ability to pay; therefore, reversal for facial deficiency of the contempt order is not required. See Pompey, 685 So.2d at 1015; Atlas v. Atlas, 708 So.2d 296, 298-99 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998); see also Palma v. Jenne, 23 Fla. L. Weekly D1665, — So.2d -, 1998 WL 390887 (Fla. 4th DCA July 10, 1998); Krystoff v. Krystoff, 705 So.2d 146 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998).
STONE, C.J., WARNER and GROSS, JJ., concur.