Case Name: Thomas Edwin POWERS, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Bernadette Ann POWERS, Appellee/Cross-Appellant
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-10-05
Citations: 549 So. 2d 791
Docket Number: No. 88-1859
Parties: Thomas Edwin POWERS, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Bernadette Ann POWERS, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
Judges: DAUKSCH and COBB., JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 549
Pages: 791–792

Head Matter:
Thomas Edwin POWERS, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Bernadette Ann POWERS, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
No. 88-1859.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Oct. 5, 1989.
Michael R. Walsh, Orlando, for appellant/ cross-appellee.
James M. Magee, Neduchal & Magee, P.A., Orlando, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Opinion:
COWART, Judge.
As to both the appeal and cross-appeal, we affirm the judgment below except we find that after the equitable distribution of marital assests in this case, the wife had adequate financial ability to pay her own attorney's fees and therefore the award of attorney's fees to the wife is reversed. See Blankenship v. Blankenship, 502 So.2d 1002 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987); Beaver v. Beaver, 500 So.2d 742 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987); Sizemore v. Sizemore, 487 So.2d 1080 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986); Sumner v. Sumner, 480 So.2d 706 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986); Ariko v. Ariko, 475 So.2d 1352 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985); McIntyre v. McIntyre, 434 So.2d 61 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983).
AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART.
DAUKSCH and COBB., JJ., concur.