LOIS NIESEN, APPELLANT,
v.
STEPHEN MICHAEL NIESEN, M. D., APPELLEE

Fla. 4th DCA | 1977-03-25
No. 76-2064
CROSS and DAUKSCH, JJ., concur., ANSTEAD, J., dissents in part.
345 So. 2d 348 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1977) Negative Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

CROSS and DAUKSCH, JJ., concur.

ANSTEAD, J., dissents in part.

Dissent
ANSTEAD, Judge,

ANSTEAD, Judge,

dissenting in part:

I would reverse the trial court’s order denying temporary attorneys fees on the basis that the record clearly shows that the wife has the need and the husband has the ability to pay. Section 61.16, Florida Statutes (1975); Mertz v. Mertz, 287 So. 2d 691 (Fla.2d DCA 1973); Helsel v. Helsel, 138 So. 2d 99 (Fla.3d DCA 1962).

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