Case Name: Gustavo LA ROSA, Appellant, v. Karen LA ROSA, Appellee.
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2019-06-07
Citations: 272 So. 3d 883
Docket Number: Case No. 5D18-3935
Parties: Gustavo LA ROSA, Appellant,
v.
Karen LA ROSA, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 272
Pages: 883–883

Head Matter:
Gustavo LA ROSA, Appellant,
v.
Karen LA ROSA, Appellee.
Case No. 5D18-3935
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Opinion filed June 7, 2019
Gustavo La Rosa, Ocala, pro se.
Pamela J. Helton and Barry V. Newton, Jr., of Law Office of Pamela J. Helton, P.A., Clermont, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the trial court's finding that the former husband engaged in vexatious and unnecessary litigation in his pursuit, and then last-minute withdrawal, of his motion for contempt against the former wife. However, it was error for the trial court to set the amount of fees prior to affording either party the opportunity to present evidence on the matter. Caryi v. Caryi , 83 So. 3d 960, 961 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012) (holding that fee award in dissolution proceeding must be supported by competent, substantial evidence).
On remand, the trial court is directed to conduct an evidentiary hearing to determine the amount of attorney's fees, if any, to be paid by the former husband after giving due consideration to the factors set forth in Rosen v. Rosen , 696 So. 2d 697, 700 (Fla. 1997). The other issues raised on appeal are without merit.
AFFIRMED, in part; REVERSED, in part; REMANDED.
EVANDER, C.J., LAMBERT and GROSSHANS, JJ., concur.