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233 So. 2d 381·
Fla.·
1970-03-25
·cited 82×
The Florida Supreme Court held that antenuptial agreements settling alimony and property rights in the event of divorce are valid and binding if they meet stringent requirements and the divorce is prosecuted in good faith on proper grounds, overruling the prior public policy doct
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12 Fla. 449·
Fla.·
1868-01-01
·cited 67×
The Florida Supreme Court reversed a divorce decree granted to Sarah Phelan against William Phelan, holding that the bill for divorce was fatally defective in failing to allege sufficient facts to establish the statutory grounds for divorce, and that a decree pro confesso cannot
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144 Fla. 563·
Fla.·
1940-10-11
·cited 64×
In this divorce case, the Florida Supreme Court affirmed a decree granting Helen Windham a divorce from R. S. Windham on grounds of extreme cruelty and ungovernable temper, and awarding the parties equal interests in accumulated marital property. The court rejected the husband's
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153 Fla. 73·
Fla.·
1943-05-21
·cited 52×
In this matrimonial dispute, the Florida Supreme Court affirmed a divorce decree for the husband based on the wife's alleged extreme cruelty. The court upheld the chancellor's reliance on competent evidence and addressed the proper role of special masters in reporting witness cre
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128 Fla. 684·
Fla.·
1937-06-28
·cited 41×
This Florida Supreme Court case addresses whether a trial court properly proceeded with an equity suit after more than three years of inaction and whether the defendant's failure to reply to the bill was properly waived. The Court held that the cause had abated for want of prosec
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603 F.2d 618·
7th Cir.·
1979-07-25
·cited 37×
The court held that a "deemed widow" is not entitled to benefits when a "legal widow" is also entitled, and that the district court erred in awarding benefits to Mary Davis.
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131 Fla. 151·
Fla.·
1938-02-15
·cited 37×
William P. Mooty appeals a 1937 decree modifying the original 1926 divorce decree, seeking reversal of orders requiring payment of arrears for child support, a mortgage payoff, and denying custody modification. The Florida Supreme Court partially reverses, allowing credit for col
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10 Fla. 308·
Fla.·
1864-01-01
·cited 36×
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed a decree granting Mrs. Chaires a divorce and $1,000 annual alimony based on her husband's abandonment, holding that alimony is an incident of marriage that survives statutory authority to grant divorces, even when the statute does not expressly
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17 Fla. 180·
Fla.·
1879-01-01
·cited 30×
This case involves a divorce sought by a husband against his wife. The appellate court reversed the lower court's divorce decree, finding that the wife's actions did not constitute wilful and obstinate desertion and that there was insufficient evidence of habitual indulgence of a
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246 So. 2d 778·
Fla.·
1971-04-07
·cited 28×
The Florida Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a statute denying alimony to adulterous wives and affirmed a divorce decree awarding the husband custody of three children, occupancy of the family home, and denying the wife's alimony claim. The court rejected the wife's
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12 Fla. 434·
Fla.·
1868-01-01
·cited 28×
In this 1868 Florida case, the Supreme Court reversed a divorce decree and alimony award where the wife left her husband after three months of marriage due to alleged threats from his daughters, despite the husband's affectionate pleas for her to stay. The court held that the evi
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121 Fla. 270·
Fla.·
1935-10-19
·cited 27×
The Florida Supreme Court reversed a lower court's dismissal of a divorce case. The lower court had refused to recognize a Virginia "divorce from bed and board" as a valid ground for divorce in Florida, but the Supreme Court held that Florida must give full faith and credit to va
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147 Fla. 77·
Fla.·
1941-05-09
·cited 9×
The Florida Supreme Court reversed a divorce decree, holding that a New York judgment of separation (divorce a mensa et thoro) does not constitute grounds for divorce under Florida law. Although the court gave full faith and credit to the New York decree as res judicata on the is
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130 Fla. 489·
Fla.·
1938-01-05
·cited 5×
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed a circuit court divorce decree granting Hilda Riesner a divorce a vinculo matrimonii, awarding her custody of three minor children, and requiring her husband to pay $45 weekly in alimony. The court held that the evidence fully supported the chan
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262 F.2d 23·
D.C. Cir.·
1958-11-20
·cited 2×
The court held that the one-year residency requirement for obtaining a divorce does not apply to a motion to enlarge a prior decree of legal separation into an absolute divorce.
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34 Fla. Supp. 159·
Dade Cty. Cir. Ct.·
1969-12-22
·cited 1×
This case involves a divorce where the wife obtained a quit-claim deed from the husband under duress while he was imprisoned. The court declared the deed void, awarded the wife a divorce, custody of the child, and significant assets including a taxi cab permit as lump sum alimony
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D.D.C.·
1946-05-20
·cited 1×
An alimony award in a limited divorce decree is automatically terminated by a subsequent absolute divorce decree that makes no provision for alimony.
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909 F.2d 857·
6th Cir.·
1990-06-14
The Secretary is not bound by a state court's nunc pro tunc divorce decree if the proceeding was not genuinely contested or if the decree is inconsistent with state law, and therefore, the claimant did not meet the ten-year marriage duration requirement for divorced wife's benefi
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357 So. 2d 788·
Fla. 1st DCA·
1978-04-28
In this dissolution of marriage case, the Florida appellate court affirmed the trial court's child support award but struck down a provision prohibiting remarriage after divorce, holding that Florida law does not permit courts to restrict parties' right to remarry following an ab
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34 Fla. Supp. 33·
Palm Beach Cty. Cir. Ct.·
1970-07-15
The court dissolved the marriage, divided the parties' properties, awarded damages for sold personalty, and allocated attorneys' fees and costs, disallowing alimony and certain other claims.
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34 Fla. Supp. 175·
Dade Cty. Cir. Ct.·
1969-12-04
The court granted the wife a divorce based on the husband's temper and cruelty, awarded her a one-half interest in the marital home due to her financial contributions, and awarded the boat to the husband.
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138 Fla. 481·
Fla.·
1939-06-06
Anna Belle Tomlinson appealed a final divorce decree granted to her husband John G. Tomlinson on grounds of adultery and extreme cruelty. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the decree, finding sufficient evidence to support the adultery finding.