Cynthia Caputo v. Michael Caputo , 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 5297 ( 2016 )


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  •        DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
    FOURTH DISTRICT
    CYNTHIA CAPUTO,
    Appellant,
    v.
    MICHAEL CAPUTO,
    Appellee.
    No. 4D15-2455
    [April 6, 2016]
    Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm
    Beach County; Jeffrey Dana Gillen, Judge; L.T. Case No. 50-2013-DR-
    004448XXXXSB-FZ.
    Cynthia Caputo, Jupiter, pro se.
    Jay A. Schwartz and Colleen E. Huott of Sachs Sax Caplan, Boca Raton,
    for appellee.
    PER CURIAM.
    The appeal in this case involved the former wife’s attempt to hold the
    former husband in contempt for enrolling their child in day care in
    Boynton Beach, near his place of employment. The trial court granted the
    former husband’s motion to dismiss and awarded the former husband
    attorney’s fees. We affirm all points on appeal regarding the dismissal
    because contempt could not lie where the final judgment of dissolution did
    not expressly address day care. See Wilcoxon v. Moller, 
    132 So. 3d 281
    ,
    286 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014). However, we write to dismiss the portion of the
    appeal directed at the award of former husband’s attorney’s fees because
    the order stated the amount was “to be determined at a subsequent
    hearing.” “An order merely finding entitlement to attorneys’ fees is a non-
    final, non-appealable order.” Alexopoulos v. Gordon Hargrove & James,
    P.A., 
    109 So. 3d 248
    , 250 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013).
    Affirmed in part and dismissed in part.
    STEVENSON, GROSS and FORST, JJ., concur.
    *        *        *
    Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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Document Info

Docket Number: 4D15-2455

Citation Numbers: 189 So. 3d 1003, 2016 WL 1367013, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 5297

Judges: Stevenson, Gross, Forst

Filed Date: 4/6/2016

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 10/19/2024