Court Opinion

ID: 4252732
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Date Created: 2018-03-08 15:10:02.301204+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:16:37.282522
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
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                         No. 1D17-1577
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CHRISTOPHER RINGENBERG,

    Appellant,

    v.

STEPHANIE DAYLE RINGENBERG,

    Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Columbia County.
Paul S. Bryan, Judge.

                          March 8, 2018

PER CURIAM.

    Appellant challenges the trial court’s award of attorney’s fees
to appellee and the trial court’s order denying his motion to
disqualify their child’s counselor. We reverse the trial court’s
award of attorney’s fees because the trial court did not determine
appellee’s need or appellant’s ability to pay prior to deciding that
appellee was entitled to fees. Routh v. Thompson, 82 So. 3d 157,
158 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012). We affirm the trial court’s order denying
appellant’s motion to disqualify the child’s counselor without
comment.

    AFFIRMED IN PART and REVERSED IN PART.

B.L. THOMAS, C.J., and WOLF and RAY, JJ., concur.
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    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
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Lucas J. Taylor of Sellers, Taylor & Morrison, P.A., Live Oak, for
Appellant.

No appearance for Appellee.

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