KALIS v. KALIS (2019)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Edward Samuel KALIS, Appellant, v. Carmen M. KALIS a/k/a Carmita Kalis, et al., Appellees.

No. 4D18-3062

Decided: October 23, 2019

Terrence P. O'Connor of Morgan, Carratt & O'Connor, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant. Caryn A. Stevens and Eddie Stephens of Ward, Damon, Posner, Pheterson & Bleau, West Palm Beach, for appellee Carmen M. Kalis a/k/a Carmita Kalis.

The former husband appeals from the circuit court's final judgment of dissolution of marriage. The former husband raises several arguments, one of which has merit, as the former wife concedes. That is, the trial court erred in including within the assessment of attorney's fees and costs $3,766.50 for clerical work which the former wife's attorney's secretary performed. See, e.g., Youngblood v. Youngblood, 91 So. 3d 190, 192 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012) (clerical or secretarial activities are not properly included in an attorney's fee award). We agree with the concession of error on this argument, and remand for the trial court to enter an amended final judgment of dissolution which deducts that $3,766.50 sum.

On all of the former husband's other arguments on appeal, we affirm without further discussion.

Affirmed in part, reversed and remanded for amendment of judgment.

Gerber, J.

Damoorgian and Ciklin, JJ., concur

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