Jaffe v. Jaffe
Jaffe v. Jaffe , 147 So.3d 578 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014), 2014 WL 4212741 This guardianship case dealt with, among other things, the award of attorney's fees and costs in a guardianship proceeding. The trial court, using the criteria detailed in F.S. 744.108(2)(a)-(i), made a determination of a reasonable hourly attorney's fee and found it appropriate to reduce the attorney's fees to a specified amount, plus costs, which it found reasonable given the circumstances. It reserved jurisdiction to tax the costs of the attorney's expert witness who testified on the issue of attorney's fees. The Court found that the attorney had put on competent substantial evidence to justify her attorney's fees. Not only did she present the testimony of an expert regarding the reasonableness of her fees, but she also presented her own sworn testimony regarding her hours and costs spent on the guardianship matter. The Court found that the trial court's reduction in attorney...