02-1989 MADDEN V. MADDEN

State: Florida

Court: Florida Third District Court

Docket No: 02-1989 MADDEN V. MADDEN

Case Date: 12/24/2003

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JULY TERM, A.D. 2003

PAUL MADDEN, Appellant, vs. LISA H. MADDEN n/k/a LISA H. DUPOUX, Appellee.

** ** ** ** ** ** CASE NO. 3D02-1989 LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 93-867

Opinion filed December 24, 2003. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Sandra Taylor, Judge. Elena B. Langan, for appellant. Barranco, Kircher & Vogelsang; Cynthia L. Greene, for appellee. Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and WELLS and SHEPHERD, JJ. PER CURIAM. This is an appeal from an award of attorney's fees and costs to the ex-wife and against the former husband in a post-dissolution matrimonial dispute. Because we find that the evidence is

insufficient to justify a determination that the "paralegals" and

"law clerks" performed any "nonclerical, meaningful legal support to the matter involved" as required by section 57.104, Florida Statutes (2003), we reduce the award by the $20,722.50 (276.3 hours at $75.00 per hour) alloted below for their services. See In re

Estate of Platt, 586 So. 2d 328 (Fla. 1991); Dayco Products v. McLane, 690 So. 2d 654 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997). otherwise affirmed. Reversed in part, affirmed in part. The order on appeal is

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