Bresky Law recently won a motion for rehearing of an order of contempt that held our client in contempt for failure to pay an award of temporary attorney’s fees. We are in the process of appealing the underlying order requiring our client to pay fees to opposing counsel. The parties were divorced in 2005...
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Bresky Law Defeats Motion for Relinquishment of Jurisdiction
Bresky Law Defeats Motion for Relinquishment of Jurisdiction
In an appeal by a Former Husband who took his Former Wife’s jewelry and artwork, the Former Husband moved the Fourth District Court of Appeal to relinquish jurisdiction to the trial court. He argued that the trial judge should have an opportunity to vacate the final judgment...
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There and Back Again: Recovering Appellate Attorney’s Fees After a Successful Appeal
Bresky Law recently obtained entitlement to appellate attorney’s fees in several appeals in which it prevailed. Additionally, Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.400(a) provides that a prevailing party on appeal is entitled to recover its costs for litigating an appeal unless the appellate court orders otherwise. The recovery of appellate attorney’s fees and costs...
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