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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
                             FOURTH DISTRICT

                          JOSHUA AGRIESTI,
                              Appellant,

                                    v.

                  VICTORIA AGRIESTI and
     JAFE CONTRACTING COMPANY d/b/a MODERN ELECTRIC,
                        Appellees.

                            No. 4D2022-1871

                           [February 14, 2024]

   Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit,
Broward County; George Odom, Jr., Judge; L.T. Case No. FMCE19-
014324.

  Philip L. Schwartz and Vanessa L. Prieto of Law Offices of Philip L.
Schwartz, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellant.

    Pamela M. Gordon of Law Office of Pamela M. Gordon, P.A., Hollywood,
for appellee Victoria Agriesti.

GERBER, J.

   The former husband appeals from the circuit court’s final judgment of
dissolution of marriage, which determined equitable distribution, child
support, and alimony. The former husband argues the circuit court erred
in three respects, by: (1) making improper and unsupported equitable
distribution findings; (2) making erroneous alimony and child support
calculations; and (3) finding the former wife was entitled to an attorney’s
fees award against the former husband.

    On the first two arguments, we affirm without further discussion. On
the third argument, we lack jurisdiction because the circuit court had not
determined the fees award amount before the former husband filed this
appeal. See Perini v. Perini, 322 So. 3d 124, 125 (Fla. 4th DCA 2021) (“The
trial court’s order determines entitlement to the attorney’s fees but does
not ascertain the amount. An order for attorney’s fees that determines the
entitlement but not the amount is unripe for appellate review. Thus, we
dismiss without prejudice the appeal of this issue as premature.”)
(citations omitted).

   Affirmed in part, dismissed in part.

MAY and CIKLIN, JJ., concur.

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   Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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