In my Florida divorce case, will I have to pay for my spouse’s attorney?

Potentially attorney’s fees are awarded from one party to the other in a dissolution of marriage action. In most cases that doesn’t occur, but in some cases it does. Attorney’s fees can potentially be awarded during the pendency, or while the action is pending. The purpose of this is to keep one party from being frozen out of the process due to a lack of ability to pay if the other does have a superior ability to pay. Attorney’s fees can be considered again at the end of the process when the court looks at where both parties lie financially after all decisions are made. Again, most cases do not include a cross-award of attorney’s fees, but it is a potential event in any case.