Case Name: George RICHARDS, III and Joyce Richards, Appellants, v. Danny R. BENNETT, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-09-21
Citations: 642 So. 2d 668
Docket Number: Nos. 94-120, 94-431
Parties: George RICHARDS, III and Joyce Richards, Appellants, v. Danny R. BENNETT, Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, BASKIN and GREEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 642
Pages: 668–668

Head Matter:
George RICHARDS, III and Joyce Richards, Appellants, v. Danny R. BENNETT, Appellee.
Nos. 94-120, 94-431.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 21, 1994.
Peter A. Collins, Leonardo G. Renaud, Miami, for appellants.
Drew S. Sheridan, Miami, for appellee.
Before HUBBART, BASKIN and GREEN, JJ.

Opinion:
GREEN, Judge.
This is a consolidated appeal and cross appeal from orders concerning visitation rights and attorneys' fees in a custody battle between appellants/grandparents and appel-lee natural father.
We reverse the post judgment order awarding the natural father attorneys' fees because the court did not reserve jurisdiction to award the same in the final judgment. Absent a specific reservation of jurisdiction for that purpose in the final judgment, the court lacked jurisdiction to award such fees at a later date. Berlin v. Berlin, 395 So.2d 1260 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981); Church v. Church, 338 So.2d 544 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976); Frumkes v. Frumkes, 328 So.2d 34 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976).
We find no reversible error in the remaining orders under review and affirm the same.