Attorney Fees, Suit Money, and Costs

Summary

HB 413 amends Florida statutes to allow courts to order reasonable attorney fees, suit money, and costs both retroactively and prospectively, and to include fees incurred in seeking those awards. It requires courts to consider rejected good‑faith settlement offers, to sanction vexatious or bad‑faith litigation, and to make written findings when imposing fees, including direct payment to attorneys. The measure failed, dying in the Rules stage of the House process.

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