Case Name: Edward Arthur MANEY, Appellant, v. Ruth Sebastian MANEY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1982-04-26
Citations: 413 So. 2d 131
Docket Number: No. AE-215
Parties: Edward Arthur MANEY, Appellant, v. Ruth Sebastian MANEY, Appellee.
Judges: ERVIN and WENTWORTH, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 413
Pages: 131–131

Head Matter:
Edward Arthur MANEY, Appellant, v. Ruth Sebastian MANEY, Appellee.
No. AE-215.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 26, 1982.
John P. Townsend, of Selby, Chesser, Wingard & Barr, Fort Walton Beach, for appellant.
Ernest L. Cotton, of Cotton, Wesley & Poché, Shalimar, for appellee.

Opinion:
SHIVERS, Judge.
Husband appeals an April 27, 1981, order awarding wife attorney's fee following entry of an earlier final order giving full faith and credit to a Kentucky divorce decree. The order establishing the Kentucky decree in Florida was rendered June 18, 1980. It did not reserve jurisdiction to award an attorney's fee. The wife filed a motion for attorney's fees on July 3, 1980. Since the motion was filed after the time for filing petition for rehearing had passed (Fla.R. Civ.P. 1.530(b)), the trial court lacked jurisdiction to award the attorney's fees. Frumkes v. Frumkes, 328 So.2d 34 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976). Accordingly, the order appealed is REVERSED.
ERVIN and WENTWORTH, JJ., concur.