BECRAFT, JR., RICHARD, PEOPLE v

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• finding that section 61.16(1) “requires the trial court to consider and evaluate each party’s financial resources in deciding whether, and to what extent, to award attorney’s fees”
• reversing where the parties “had substantially the same ability to pay” after their finances were equalized through alimony and equitable distribution
• “[T]he party seeking relief must show some need; it is not enough to simply show that the adverse party’s ability to pay the fees is greater than the party seeking relief or that an award is based on the relative financial strain of paying attorney’s fees.”

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