Holly v. Holly

Citations

• 81 Fla. 881
• 89 So. 132

Syllabus

<p>1. Where the necessities of the wife and the faculties of the husband are established by the pleadings it is not error for the judge to make an. order for temporary alimony and counsel fees, without reference to a master.</p> <p>2. Alimony pendente, lite is awarded to furnish the wife, from whom the husband has withdrawn his support, with the means of living, and for the further reason, in which there is a high public interest, that she may not become a charge on the State, while her rights are being adjudicated. ' Counsel fees are awarded to enable the wife to maintain or defend her suit.</p> <p>3. The matter of granting a stay of an order awarding temporary alimony and counsel fees is within the judicial discretion of the Circuit Judge, subject to review in this court upon application by the appellant.</p> <p>4. Upon a proper showing this court will make an allowance for counsel fees for an indigent wife for services rendered to her in this court.</p>