Haddad, Tonja 1/12/2013 For Educational Use Only Woodward v. Berkery, 714 So.2d 1027 (1998) 23 Fla. L. Weekly D393 714 So.2d 1027 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. Thomas John WOODWARD, a/k/a Tom Jones, Appellant, v. Katherine BERKERY, Appellee. Thomas John WOODWARD, a/k/a Tom Jones, Petitioner, v. The MIAMI HERALD PUBLISHING CO., and Katherine Berkery, Respondents. Nos. 97- 0398, 96-2483. I Feb. 4, 1998. Mother sought modification of New York judgments fixing amount of child support. The Circuit Court, Broward County, Robert A. Rosenberg and Charles M. Greene, D., ordered father to pay interim attorney's fees and to comply with mother's broad financial discovery requests. Father appealed and petitioned for writ of certiorari. The District Court of Appeal, Farmer, J., held that: (1) trial court should not have based interim fee award solely on financial resources of parties without considering whether matter was legally sustainable in Florida, and (2) father was entitled to have discovery orders quashed. Interim award of attorney's fees reversed, discovery orders quashed, and case remanded. West Fleadnotes (II) III Children Out-Of-Wedlock j -Costs Before entering order requiring father to pay $137,289 in interim court-awarded attorney's fees, expenses, and suit money in addition to $20,000 already paid voluntarily in action brought by mother to modify support judgment entered by New York court based on agreements of mother and father, trial court should not have based decision solely on financial resources of parties without considering equitable factors, including whether modification could be sought in Florida and if so to what extent orders were modifiable under New York law. U.S.C.A. Const. Art. 4, § I; 28 U.S.C.A. § 1738B; West's F.S.A. § 61.16(1). Divorce 4F,Authority and discretion of court Trial court has broad discretion in setting interim awards of attorney's fees and suit money in fa