IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FIFTH DISTRICT
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED
AMBER AYERS LARKIN,
Appellant/Cross-Appellee,
v. Case No. 5D16-1455
DENNIS MICHAEL LARKIN,
Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
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Opinion filed January 13, 2017
Non-Final Appeal from the
Circuit Court for Orange
County, Bob Leblanc, Judge.
Marc James Ayers, of Bradley Arant Boult,
Cummings, LLP, Birmingham Alabama,
and Terry C. Young and Jennifer R. Dixon,
of Lowndes Drosdick Doster Kantor &
Reed, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant/Cross-
Appellee.
Andrew F. Nickolaou, and Ophelia G.
Bernal-Mora, of Bernal-Mora & Nickolaou,
Winter Park, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
PER CURIAM.
We affirm, without discussion, the trial court’s determination as to the proper
distribution of the parties’ Morgan Stanley account pursuant to the terms of their marital
settlement agreement. However, we conclude that the trial court erred in failing to award
the former wife a reasonable attorney’s fee. The marital settlement agreement provided
for an award of fees to the prevailing party “in the event of a legal action or other
proceeding arising under this Agreement.” Here, the former wife prevailed on the only
significant issue resolved by the trial court in its post-judgment order. Therefore, we
reverse the portion of the trial court’s order denying the former wife’s motion for attorney’s
fees.
AFFIRMED, in part; REVERSED, in part; REMANDED.
TORPY, EVANDER and LAMBERT, JJ., concur.
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