Case Name: Doris Jean MOWE, Appellant, v. Wayne Thomas MOWE, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-07-07
Citations: 734 So. 2d 602
Docket Number: No. 98-151
Parties: Doris Jean MOWE, Appellant, v. Wayne Thomas MOWE, Appellee.
Judges: BARFIELD, C.J., KAHN and DAVIS, JJ„ CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 734
Pages: 602–603

Head Matter:
Doris Jean MOWE, Appellant, v. Wayne Thomas MOWE, Appellee.
No. 98-151.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
July 7, 1999.
Steven J. Baker of Baker, Duke & Hool-man, P.A., Pensacola, and Marcia K. Lip-pincott of Marcia K. Lippincott, P.A., Mait-land, for Appellant.
Keith A. Mclver of Chase, Quinnell & Mclver, P.A., Pensacola, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The parties have appealed and cross-appealed the final judgment of dissolution of marriage. We affirm the distribution of property and the alimony award. Because the former husband's income is substantially greater than the former wife's, the trial court abused its discretion in ordering each party to pay his or her own attorney's fees. See, e.g., Sever v. Sever, 684 So.2d 313 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996); Tanck v. Tanck, 675 So.2d 1039 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). Accordingly, we affirm the final judgment except as to the trial court's failure to order the former husband to pay the former wife's attorney's fees.
AFFIRMED in part and REVERSED and REMANDED in part.
BARFIELD, C.J., KAHN and DAVIS, JJ" CONCUR.