Aaron Isaac Benavidez v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the attorney’s fees order was deficient because the court failed to “delineate the services for which compensation was deemed permissible and the services for which compensation was disallowed”
• reviewing de novo trial court's denial of request for attorney’s fees in guardianship action based on interpretation of statute
• “We defer to the circuit court’s findings of fact when they are based on competent, substantial evidence.”
• “[T]he attorney’s entitlement to payment of reasonable fees and costs is subject to the limitation that his or her services must benefit the ward.”
• “To the extent that the services of a guardian are unnecessary or unproductive, the circuit court may reduce the requested compensation based on the factors listed in section 744.108(2) but may not deny compensation altogether.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).