Cynthia CAPUTO, Appellant, v. Michael CAPUTO, Appellee
Florida District Court of Appeal
· April 6, 2016 · Docket No. 4D15-2455
189 So. 3d 1003
Syllabus
Cynthia CAPUTO, Appellant, v. Michael CAPUTO, Appellee. No. 4D15-2455. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. April 6, 2016. Rehearing Denied May 16, 2016. Cynthia Caputo, Jupiter, pro se. Jay A. Schwartz and Colleen E. Huott of Sachs Sax Caplan; Boca Raton, for appel-lee.
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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.
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