WERTKIN v. WERTKIN

No. 4D99-2790.

763 So.2d 465 (2000)

Craig WERTKIN, Appellant, v. Barbara WERTKIN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin H. Colin of Law Offices of Martin H. Colin, Lake Worth, for appellant.

Barbara J. Compiani of Caruso, Burlington, Bohn & Compiani, P.A., and Joel M. Weissman, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

Appellant husband appeals an order finding him in contempt for failing to pay his wife's attorney's fees and costs which she incurred in their dissolution of marriage action. We affirm.

The parties' marriage lasted five years and produced no children. Finding that the husband's net worth was $2.5 million, and the wife's $500,000, the trial court awarded the wife attorney's fees and costs in the amount of $130,425, which we affirmed. Wertkin v...

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