Case Name: Helen Tanos HOPE and Alfred D. Bieley, Appellants, v. Leo H. LIPKIN and Doris S. Lipkin, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1963-10-15
Citations: 156 So. 2d 659
Docket Number: No. 63-544
Parties: Helen Tanos HOPE and Alfred D. Bieley, Appellants, v. Leo H. LIPKIN and Doris S. Lipkin, Appellees.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, C. J., and CARROLL and HENDRY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 156
Pages: 659–659

Head Matter:
Helen Tanos HOPE and Alfred D. Bieley, Appellants, v. Leo H. LIPKIN and Doris S. Lipkin, Appellees.
No. 63-544.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.
Oct 15, 1963.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 22, 1963.
Helen Taños Hope, and Alfred D. Bieley, Miami, for appellants.
C. H. McWilliams, Coral Gables, for appellees.
Before BARKDULL, C. J., and CARROLL and HENDRY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The right to attorneys' fees is derivative in nature when representing the wife in a divorce action. See: Smith v. Smith, 90 Fla. 824, 107 So. 257. Counsel for the wife have attempted to take an appeal in their individual names and not on behalf of the wife. Never having been parties of record in the trial court, they have no standing to prosecute such an appeal. See: Salomon v. Taylor, 50 Fla. 608, 39 So. 48; King v. Brown, Fla.1951, 55 So.2d 187; 2 Fla.Jur., Appeals, § 55. Therefore, same is hereby dismissed,
Dismissed.