Adultery As Grounds For Divorce

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• Dworkis v. Dworkis
  111 So. 2d 70· Fla. 3d DCA· 1959-03-19 ·cited 59×
  A Florida appellate court affirmed a divorce decree granting the husband a divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty, while reversing the lower court's findings on desertion and adultery due to lack of sufficient corroboration. The court addressed evidentiary standards for corroborat
• Bennett v. Lysle A. Bennett
  146 So. 2d 588· Fla. 2d DCA· 1962-11-07 ·cited 50×
  Betty Bennett appealed a divorce decree entered against her and an award of child custody to her husband, Lysle Bennett, based on his adultery counterclaim. The appellate court affirmed the custody award, finding substantial evidence supported the chancellor's determination that
• Eakin v. Eakin
  99 So. 2d 854· Fla.· 1958-01-24 ·cited 42×
  In this Florida divorce case, the trial court initially denied both parties a divorce due to recriminatory conduct, but upon rehearing granted the wife an absolute divorce and awarded her the marital home. The Supreme Court reversed the property award to an adulterous wife, holdi
• McANESPIE v. McANESPIE
  200 So. 2d 606· Fla. 2d DCA· 1967-06-21 ·cited 31×
  In this 1967 Florida appellate decision, the court reversed a trial judge's award of child custody to the father despite the Special Master's detailed findings that the mother, though guilty of adultery, was nonetheless a good mother whose continued custody best served the childr
• Foreman v. Foreman
  40 So. 2d 560· Fla.· 1949-05-20 ·cited 20×
  The appellate court reversed a lower court's decree that denied a wife a share of property accumulated during the marriage, despite her adultery. The court found no justification for the chancellor's rejection of the master's findings that the wife contributed significantly to th
• Choucherie v. Choucherie
  120 So. 2d 821· Fla. 3d DCA· 1960-05-16 ·cited 14×
  A wife appeals a divorce decree granted to her husband on the ground that he obtained a divorce in another state. The court reversed, holding that the husband, having actively procured the Alabama divorce for himself, cannot use it as grounds to divorce in Florida, and the wife i
• Koones v. Koones
  149 So. 2d 88· Fla. 2d DCA· 1963-01-25 ·cited 10×
  The appellate court affirmed the trial court's decision to award custody of the children to the father, finding no error in the decree.
• WAX v. Wilson
  101 So. 2d 54· Fla. 3d DCA· 1958-03-06 ·cited 10×
  In this foreclosure appeal, the court upheld a widow's dower rights against two mortgagees' claims that she was barred by the Statute of Westminster II or equitable estoppel. The court held that the Statute of Westminster II was inapplicable in Florida because it had been implied
• Leonard v. Leonard
  259 So. 2d 529· Fla. 3d DCA· 1972-03-21 ·cited 8×
  A Florida appellate court reversed the trial court's finding that a wife had not committed adultery, and consequently reversed the alimony award to the wife. The court held that circumstantial evidence—including a paramour's frequent presence in the wife's home during late evenin
• Furman v. Furman
  130 So. 2d 316· Fla. 3d DCA· 1961-05-18 ·cited 8×
  Mary Furman appeals a divorce decree granted to her husband George on grounds of her alleged adultery. The appellate court reverses the divorce decree, finding that George lacked clean hands after the New York court had declared the Mexican mail-order divorce valid and voided his
• Farrow v. Farrow
  263 So. 2d 588· Fla. 2d DCA· 1972-05-19 ·cited 6×
  A Florida appellate court reversed a trial court's award of child custody to the father and exclusive home ownership to the mother in a divorce case, holding that a mother's adultery does not automatically disqualify her from custody and that marital property should be divided as
• Krumrine v. Krumrine
  90 Fla. 368· Fla.· 1925-10-20 ·cited 6×
  This case concerns whether a Florida court has jurisdiction to grant a divorce and alimony to a wife when the husband, who initiated the divorce proceedings, meets the residency requirements, but the wife resides out of state. The court held that the Florida court did have jurisd
• Anderson v. Anderson
  205 So. 2d 341· Fla. 2d DCA· 1967-12-29 ·cited 4×
  George Anderson appealed a divorce decree in which the trial court awarded his wife Patsy custody of their two minor children, child support, and nominal alimony after finding the equities in her favor based on her cross-complaint for mental cruelty. The appellate court affirmed,
• Marshall v. Marshall
  160 F.2d 6· D.C. Cir.· 1947-01-20 ·cited 2×
  The court vacated its prior judgment and remanded the case to the trial court to consider new evidence regarding the wife's financial contribution to the property.
• Furman v. Furman
  16 Fla. Supp. 31· Dade Cty. Cir. Ct.· 1960-03-28
  In this 1960 divorce case, the court granted George Furman's divorce from Mary despite the complexity of multiple marriages and a Mexican mail-order divorce that was subsequently voided by a New York court. The court awarded the divorce on grounds of Mary's adultery, sua sponte a
• Orlans v. Orlans
  238 F.2d 31· D.C. Cir.· 1956-10-18
  The court held that the District Court erred in dismissing the divorce action for lack of jurisdiction based on a misinterpretation of the residency requirement statute.
• Vilas v. Royal C. Vilas
  103 Fla. 1124· Fla.· 1932-01-06
  Ida Mae Vilas appealed orders denying her motion to dismiss her divorce bill, consolidating her divorce and separate maintenance suits, and overruling her demurrer to her husband's affirmative answer seeking divorce on grounds of her alleged adultery. The Florida Supreme Court af