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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF `CHF. STATF OF FLORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT JANUARY TERM 1981
OLIVER L. PEACOCK, JR.,
Appellant,
NOT FINAL i?~TIL T1.`.iE E~CPTRES
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AND~ IF FiLL~D; D1~POSED p13„ ~ ~
v.
ROSEMARY ANN PEACOCK,
Appellee.
Opinion filed t4arch 4, 1981
Appeal from the Circuit Court for
St. Lucie County; G. Kendall Sharp,
Jucige.
Donald L. Brooks of L. M. Taylor,
Lawyers, North Palm Beach, for
ap~ellant.
M. Brice Corc3er of Sullivan & Cobb,
~ Vero Beach, for apoellee.
GLICKSTEIN, J.
CASE NO. 79-1102.
This is an appeal from an order awarding suit money and
attorney's fees to apoellee. tae affirm.
The trial co«rt's order recites that appellant ceased
making child supoort payments in September, 1977, causing
ap~ell~~ t~ fil~ an aopli^ation for cont~~npt. Hearing was set
the~eon for January 17, 1979. Two days ~rior to the hearing
date appellant paid the entire arrearage of $7,500. However, in
anticipation of the hearing appellee a~ready had travelled from
her home in Soutt~ Afri~a at an expense of 51,708.70 and had
incurred attorney's fees.
On January 23, 197~, appellee's attc~rney sent a letter to
appellant's attorney confirming an understanding that was
reached between the two attorneys by telephone. The gist of the
agreement was that the question of appellee's costs occasioned
by her trip to this country and her attorney's fees could be
presented to the trial court without ~estimony from the
parties.
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