BUSTER GRANTHAM, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (11 total)

• Watson v. Watson, 124 So. 3d 340 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013)
  …ings and, if necessary, craft a new equitable distribution scheme. B. Alimony and Child Support Because we remand the equitable distribution, we are constrained to remand both the alimony and retroactive child support awards. See Branch v. Branch, 775 So. 2d 406, 408 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000) (reversal and remand of equitable distribution portion of final judgment necessitates remand of other financial aspects of the final judgment). We also note that, as the former wife candidly acknowledged in her Answer Brief…
• Boutwell v. Adams, 920 So. 2d 151 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006)
  …n that the former wife garnered no benefits from Boutwell Brothers. “As a general rule, expenditures and investment decisions which do not rise to the level of misconduct will not support an unequal distribution of marital assets.” Branch v. Branch, 775 So. 2d 406, 407 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). “Misconduct of a party, however,will not justify an unequal distribution of assets absent evidence demonstrating a sufficient relationship between the misconduct and the dissipation of assets.” Murray v. Murray, 636 So. 2d…
• Belford v. Belford, 51 So. 3d 1259 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011)
  …ts that were dissipated during the dissolution proceedings. Roth v. Roth, 973 So. 2d 580, 584-85 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008). Likewise, in the absence of misconduct, it is error to classify marital debt as one party’s nonmarital obligation. Branch v. Branch, 775 So. 2d 406 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). Misconduct is not shown by “mismanagement or simple squandering of marital assets in a manner of which the other spouse disapproves.” Roth, 973 So. 2d at 585. Rather, there must be a specific finding of intentional misconduct ba…

Authorities Cited

• Pagliaro v. Penske Auto Ctrs., Inc., 773 So. 2d 1174 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000)