Albert Steven Coriat v. Enma Larissa Coriat
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledOctober 28, 2020
Docket3D20-0413
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed October 28, 2020.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D20-413
Lower Tribunal No. 11-26169
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Albert Steven Coriat,
Appellant,
vs.
Enma Larissa Coriat,
Appellee.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Samantha Ruiz
Cohen, Judge.
Law Offices of Maria del Carmen Calzon, P.A., and Maria del Carmen
Calzon, for appellant.
Wasson & Associates, Chartered, and Annabel C. Majewski; Vilar Law, P.A.,
and Patrick Vilar, for appellee.
Before SCALES, LOBREE and BOKOR, JJ.
SCALES, J.
Albert Steven Coriat (“Former Husband”) appeals a February 14, 2019 trial
court order granting attorney’s fees and costs to Enma Larissa Coriat (“Former
Wife”) after Former Wife prevailed in her petition for modification of child support.
We affirm in part and reverse in part, remanding with instructions.
After a February 14, 2019 evidentiary hearing, the trial court awarded fees
and costs to Former Wife in the amount of $39,420. While Former Husband makes
several arguments challenging the trial court’s fee judgment, we find merit only in
Former Husband’s argument that the judgment includes amounts attributable to
clerical and secretarial work, contrary to Youngblood v. Youngblood, 91 So. 3d 190,
192 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012).
In her answer brief to this Court, Former Wife concedes that a portion of the
award was attributable to clerical and secretarial work. We are unable to discern
from the record how much of the judgment is based on such billings; at the
evidentiary hearing, Former Husband argued the amount was “substantial” without
proffering a precise amount in response. We, therefore, remand to the trial court to
determine the portion of the judgment attributable to clerical and secretarial work,
and to enter a new judgment that does not include such amount.
Affirmed in part; reversed in part and remanded with instructions.
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