HOOPES v. HOOPES

No. 88-0319.

525 So.2d 1015 (1988)

Betty HOOPES, Appellant, v. Davidson HOOPES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 1, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Anderson, Jr., of William D. Anderson, Jr., P.A., Stuart, for appellant.

Rick Rodgers of Rick Rodgers, P.A., Jensen Beach, for appellee.


HERSEY, Chief Judge.

The first issue we review is the court's award of attorney's fees to the wife in the dissolution of marriage proceedings below.

The wife agreed to pay her attorneys a reasonable fee to be set by the court with a minimum of $135 per hour. At the hearing on attorney's fees the wife's attorney elicited expert testimony to the effect that $150 per hour was a reasonable hourly rate under the circumstances. It was also established that in excess...

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