Case Name: Dawna Michele BERLIN, Appellant, v. Jerome C. BERLIN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-03-31
Citations: 395 So. 2d 1260
Docket Number: No. 80-737
Parties: Dawna Michele BERLIN, Appellant, v. Jerome C. BERLIN, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, NESBITT and BASKIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 395
Pages: 1260–1261

Head Matter:
Dawna Michele BERLIN, Appellant, v. Jerome C. BERLIN, Appellee.
No. 80-737.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 31, 1981.
Brumer, Cohen, Logan & Kandell and Kenneth R. Duboff, Miami, for appellant.
Cypen & Nevins and Wayne A. Cypen, Miami Beach, for appellee.
Before BARKDULL, NESBITT and BASKIN, JJ.

Opinion:
BASKIN, Judge.
Upon consideration of the appeal and cross-appeal, we affirm the order denying appellant attorney's fees in connection with child custody hearings conducted after final judgment had been entered by the trial court. In the absence of a specific reservation of jurisdiction for that purpose in the final judgment, the court lacks jurisdiction to award attorney's fees. Oyer v. Boyer, 383 So.2d 717 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980); Church v. Church, 338 So.2d 544 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976); Frumkes v. Frumkes, 328 So.2d 34 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976).
Furthermore, appellant is precluded from seeking attorney's fees by her failure to request them in her petition for change of custody. McCallum v. McCallum, 364 So.2d 97 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978); Reardon v. Reardon, 355 So.2d 207 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978). We therefore find no error in the court's failure to conduct a hearing on that issue.
Affirmed.