Alimony Unconnected With Causes Of Divorce

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• Pawley v. Pawley
  46 So.2d 464· Fla.· 1950-04-06 ·cited 142×
  The Florida Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's decision dismissing a wife's claim for alimony unconnected with divorce. The court found that a Cuban divorce obtained by the husband was valid under the principle of comity, as it met Cuban legal requirements and did not violate
• Lily Klein v. Klein
  122 So. 2d 205· Fla. 3d DCA· 1960-07-21 ·cited 69×
  The Florida District Court of Appeal reviewed a divorce decree where the wife sought separate maintenance and adequate alimony. The court affirmed the divorce but reversed the alimony award, finding it inadequate given the parties' established standard of living and the husband's
• Kiplinger v. Kiplinger
  147 Fla. 243· Fla.· 1941-05-20 ·cited 63×
  A Florida court has jurisdiction to order a husband to support his wife under Section 4989 C. G. L. even if neither party is a Florida resident, provided the husband is personally served within the state.
• Thompson v. Thompson
  86 Fla. 515· Fla.· 1923-12-04 ·cited 39×
  The Supreme Court of Florida denied a wife's motion for attorney's fees on appeal in a separate maintenance case. The Court found that the wife was not entitled to maintenance because she left her husband through no fault of his, and therefore, she was not entitled to attorney's
• Astor v. Astor
  89 So. 2d 645· Fla.· 1956-09-12 ·cited 34×
  In this alimony dispute, the Florida Supreme Court reversed a circuit court's award of $75 per week to a wife separated through her husband's fault after a brief marriage, increasing it to $250 per week. The court held that a wife's alimony entitlement should be reasonably conson
• Etheline Hadley v. Hadley
  140 So. 2d 326· Fla. 3d DCA· 1962-04-24 ·cited 14×
  The appellate court reviewed the sufficiency of evidence regarding the husband's Florida residency for divorce, a jurisdictional requirement, after the trial court granted the husband a divorce.
• Astor v. Astor
  107 So. 2d 201· Fla. 3d DCA· 1958-12-02 ·cited 14×
  In this Florida appellate case, John Astor challenged a separate maintenance decree in favor of his second wife, Dolores, arguing that a later New York decree invalidating his Mexican divorce from his first wife, Gertrude, should override the Florida court's estoppel preventing h
• Steele v. Wilford Lee Steele
  177 So. 2d 873· Fla. 3d DCA· 1965-08-03 ·cited 12×
  The court held that the evidence supported the divorce decree on grounds of extreme cruelty, but reversed the denial of alimony by remanding to reserve jurisdiction for future consideration.
• ST. Anne Airways, Inc. v. Webb
  142 So. 2d 142· Fla. 3d DCA· 1962-06-12 ·cited 8×
  The court held that a party's property and contract rights cannot be abrogated in a suit where the party has not been joined, served, or given an opportunity to be heard, as this violates due process.
• Poerschke v. Poerschke
  114 So. 2d 30· Fla. 3d DCA· 1959-08-11 ·cited 6×
  A Florida appellate court reversed a decree granting separate maintenance to a wife, holding that the chancellor erred in finding desertion as grounds and that the maintenance award could not be sustained under the applicable statute because there was no evidence the husband fail
• Borodowsky v. Borodowsky
  78 So. 2d 868· Fla.· 1955-03-23 ·cited 2×
  Louis Borodowsky appealed a trial court decision denying his divorce petition and awarding his wife Clara separate maintenance and attorney's fees. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the lower court's judgment, finding that the Chancellor's factual determinations were supported b
• Reid v. Reid
  113 So. 2d 574· Fla. 3d DCA· 1959-06-30 ·cited 1×
  George Reid appeals a trial court decree granting his wife alimony and denying his counterclaim for divorce on desertion. The appellate court affirmed the denial of divorce and the award of alimony but reduced the monthly amount from $275 to $230 because the court failed to accou
• Martin v. Martin
  128 So. 2d 386· Fla.· 1961-03-22
  A Florida circuit court has jurisdiction to award separate maintenance and support for minor children under § 65.10 without requiring domicile or bona fide residence of either party in Florida when personal service is obtained within the state.