A.J.S., Appellant, v. E.D.E., Appellee. (2020)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

A.J.S., Appellant, v. E.D.E., Appellee.

Case No. 2D18-1672

Decided: March 11, 2020

A.J.S., pro se. Wendy L. Fisher and J.W. Taylor of Taylor and Associates, Attorneys at Law, P.L., Winter Haven, for Appellee.

A.J.S. appeals a final judgment of paternity and an income withholding order for child support regarding M.A.S., the son of A.J.S. and E.D.E. A.J.S. has not shown reversible error on the record before us regarding child support, the parenting plan, or the determination of paternity, and we affirm the final judgment and income withholding order on those issues without further discussion. As to the challenge to attorney's fees, the final judgment awards entitlement to fees to E.D.E. but reserves jurisdiction to determine the amount. We do not have jurisdiction to review an order that determines entitlement to attorney's fees but not the amount. See Wolf v. Wolf, 276 So. 3d 48, 49 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019); Card v. Card, 122 So. 3d 436, 437 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013). Therefore, we dismiss the appeal of the final judgment as a nonfinal, nonappealable order to the extent it awards entitlement to attorney's fees. See Card, 122 So. 3d at 437.

Affirmed in part and dismissed in part.

SILBERMAN, Judge.

VILLANTI and BADALAMENTI, JJ., Concur.

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