MERANA TOUSSAINT
v.
JONEL TOUSSAINT

Fla. 3d DCA | 2024-08-28
No. 2023-0812
Logue, C.J., Gordo, J., Lobree, J., Del Rey, J.
2024 FL 10547 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2024)

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Holding

A marital home's homestead character does not bar its distribution or partition between spouses as part of equitable distribution in a dissolution of marriage.


Headnotes

[1] The homestead character of a marital home does not bar its distribution or partition between spouses as part of equitable distribution in a dissolution of marriage procee…

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Key Quotes

“The marital home, like any other marital asset, is subject to equitable distribution.”

Citation to Ortiz v. Ortiz, 315 So. 3d 149, 152 (Fla. 2d DCA 2021)

Facts & Procedural History

Merana Toussaint appealed a circuit court decision in a family law matter involving the distribution of marital property. The case involved the treatm…

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Opinion of the Court
Logue

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed August 28, 2024. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D23-0812 Lower Tribunal No. 16-15-FC-04 ________________

Merana Toussaint, Appellant,

vs.

Jonel Toussaint, Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Marcia Del Rey, Judge.

Law Offices of James Jean-Francois, P.A., and James Jean-Francois (Hollywood), for appellant.

Marro Law, P.A., and Meaghan K. Marro, (Plantation), for appellee.

Before LOGUE, C.J., and GORDO and LOBREE, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. § 61.077, Fla. Stat. (2024); Sell v. Sell, 949 So. 2d 1108, 1112 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007) (noting that the homestead character of a marital

2 home does not bar the distribution or partition of the home between spouses (citing Partridge v. Partridge, 912 So. 2d 649, 650 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005))); Ortiz v. Ortiz, 315 So. 3d 149, 152 (Fla. 2d DCA 2021) (“The marital home, like any other marital asset, is subject to equitable distribution.”); Sharon v. Sharon, 862 So. 2d 789, 791 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003) (“[A]llocating the marital home . . . as part of the plan of equitable distribution falls within the scope of the trial court's broad discretion[.]”).


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