Case Name: Ellen W. KIRCHNER, Appellant, v. Fred A. KIRCHNER, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1985-11-12
Citations: 479 So. 2d 157
Docket Number: No. 85-1355
Parties: Ellen W. KIRCHNER, Appellant, v. Fred A. KIRCHNER, Appellee.
Judges: Before HENDRY, NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 479
Pages: 157–158

Head Matter:
Ellen W. KIRCHNER, Appellant, v. Fred A. KIRCHNER, Appellee.
No. 85-1355.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 12, 1985.
Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody & Cole, Charles C. Kline and S. Austin Carr, Miami, for appellant.
Frumkes & Greene and Cynthia Greene, Miami, for appellee.
Before HENDRY, NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant/wife in this dissolution action contests the trial court's award to the husband of temporary attorney's fees, suit money and costs in the total amount of $9,000. We affirm upon a finding that the relative financial circumstances of the parties compel this equitable result. The law is clear that an award of attorney's fees is a matter to be determined by the trial court. Conner v. Conner, 439 So.2d 887 (Fla.1983); Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197 (Fla.1980); Angelides v. Angelides, 466 So.2d 1198 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985); Deakyne v. Deakyne, 460 So.2d 582 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984); Keister v. Keister, 458 So.2d 32 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984), rev. denied, 466 So.2d 217 (Fla.1985).
Affirmed.
. Appellant has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court contesting Florida's exercise of in personam jurisdiction over her. Appellant, who is a South Carolina resident with no contacts with the State of Florida, was personally served when she drove her ailing sister to the sister's home on Amelia Island.