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Date Created: 2024-02-07 16:05:24.998003+00
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
                              FOURTH DISTRICT

                 BARRY MARK, KELLY D. FEIG, and
              THE LAW OFFICE OF KELLY D. FEIG, P.A.,
                           Appellants,

                                     v.

                           JENNIFER WATLER,
                                Appellee.

                             No. 4D2022-3408

                            [February 7, 2024]

   Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit,
Broward County; Charles M. Greene, Judge; L.T. Case No. PR-C-22-
0006143.

    Kelly D. Feig of The Law Office of Kelly D. Feig, P.A., Hallandale Beach,
for appellants.

   Timothy H. Crutchfield of Mintz Truppman, P.A., North Miami, and
Michael A. Citron and Kristen D. Montgomery of MAC Legal, P.A.,
Hollywood, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

  We affirm the final order denying the Ex-Parte Petition for Injunction
and Temporary Injunction for Protection Against Exploitation of a
Vulnerable Adult without further comment.

    We dismiss without prejudice the portion of the order awarding
attorney’s fees as a sanction as premature. See Keldie v. Dennstedt, 330
So. 3d 61, 62 (Fla. 4th DCA 2021). “Although the trial court found that
appellee was entitled to attorney’s fees, it has not yet determined the
amount of the entitlement. Without that determination, an attorney’s fees
award is not ripe for appellate review.” Id.; see also Schmidt v. Schmidt,
319 So. 3d 65, 65 (Fla. 4th DCA 2021) (“An order merely finding
entitlement to attorney’s fees is a non-final, non-appealable order.”); Dania
Beach Boat Club Condo. Ass’n v. Forcier, 290 So. 3d 99, 102 (Fla. 4th DCA
2020) (“A finding of entitlement to attorney’s fees without a determination
of the amount of fees is not appealable.”).
  Affirmed in part and dismissed in part.

WARNER, DAMOORGIAN and FORST, JJ., concur.

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  Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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