Case Name: Charles Albert MULLINS, Appellant, v. Patricia J. MULLINS, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1976-11-19
Citations: 342 So. 2d 83
Docket Number: No. 76-1267
Parties: Charles Albert MULLINS, Appellant, v. Patricia J. MULLINS, Appellee.
Judges: CROSS, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 342
Pages: 83–85

Head Matter:
Charles Albert MULLINS, Appellant, v. Patricia J. MULLINS, Appellee.
No. 76-1267.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Nov. 19, 1976.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 7, 1977.
Harold M. Braxton, Miami, for appellant.
No appearance for appellee.

Opinion:
ALDERMAN, Judge.
This is an interlocutory appeal from an order requiring the husband in a dissolution of marriage suit to pay the costs of preparing a transcript needed for the wife's appeal. The trial court, by its order which is the subject of this appeal, required the husband to deposit $1,300 with the court reporter or make other arrangements to secure the preparation of the transcript.
FIa.App. Rule 3.16(a) provides:
"Cost of Record-On-Appeal. Reasonable costs for preparing the record-on-appeal by the clerk of the lower court may be taxed in the lower court after the filing of the mandate." (emphasis supplied)
Also Fla.App. Rule 3.8, which spells out the power of the lower court after entry of any appeal, in paragraph (b) allows the lower court in its discretion, upon proper notice and hearing, to order the payment of separate maintenance, support or alimony pending appeal. However there is no provision in the Florida Appellate Rules for the lower court to tax the costs of an appeal prior to the filing of the mandate. The language of Fla.App. Rule 3.16(a) is quite clear: Appellate costs may be taxed in the lower court only after the filing of the appellate court's mandate. Robinson v. Crocker, 138 Fla. 727, 190 So. 5 (1939); Burns v. Burns, 153 Fla. 73, 13 So.2d 599 (1943); Belcher v. Belcher, 307 So.2d 918 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975). The trial court's order requiring husband to secure the preparation of the transcript for the wife's appeal is reversed.
Husband raises a second point, contending that the trial court erred in denying his motion below to force his wife to pay half of the property taxes due on the real property owned by them as tenants in common. The record is inadequate to permit any conclusion on this point. We have before us only the assertions in husband's brief. We must affirm. Steinhauer v. Steinhauer, 336 So.2d 665 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976); Hall v. Bass, 309 So.2d 250 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975); Pierson v. Sharp, 283 So.2d 880 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973).
REVERSED in part, AFFIRMED in part, and REMANDED.
CROSS and DOWNEY, JJ., concur.