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838 So. 2d 1266·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2003-03-14
·cited 6×
In this divorce case, the Florida Second District Court of Appeal reversed a trial court's award of $2,000 monthly temporary alimony to the wife, finding insufficient evidence to support findings regarding the wife's need for alimony and the husband's ability to pay.
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607 So. 2d 510·
Fla. 5th DCA·
1992-11-13
·cited 6×
The court reversed the trial court's temporary alimony award to make it retroactive to the filing date of the petition, but affirmed the $5,000 attorney's fees award under Florida Statute section 61.16.
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550 So. 2d 168·
Fla. 2d DCA·
1989-10-20
·cited 6×
Victor Kossmann appealed a contempt order and jail sentence for failure to pay alimony. The Florida District Court of Appeal reversed, holding that incarceration for civil contempt requires a specific finding that the defendant has the present ability to comply with the purge con
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523 So. 2d 661·
Fla. 4th DCA·
1988-03-16
·cited 6×
The appellate court held that the trial court abused its discretion in awarding an excessive amount of temporary alimony, but affirmed the awards for temporary attorney's fees, accountant's fees, and suit money.
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446 So. 2d 237·
Fla. 3d DCA·
1984-03-06
·cited 6×
In a dissolution of marriage case, the Florida Third District Court of Appeal reversed a trial court's denial of temporary alimony and vacated conditions imposed on the wife's custody and use of residence that were based on her post-separation adultery and imposed without proper
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379 So. 2d 1329·
Fla. 3d DCA·
1980-02-19
·cited 6×
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351 So. 2d 1029·
Fla. 4th DCA·
1976-07-30
·cited 6×
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243 So. 2d 247·
Fla. 1st DCA·
1970-12-10
·cited 6×
The appellate court affirmed an order requiring a husband to provide funds for his wife and children to live separately or vacate the marital home. The court found sufficient evidence of need and ability to pay, and clarified that the order did not constitute a final award of ali
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216 So. 2d 480·
Fla. 4th DCA·
1968-12-12
·cited 6×
A trial court has discretion to reduce prospective temporary alimony payments even when the defendant is in arrears, but lacks authority to compel the alimony obligee to join in a mortgage of jointly held property.
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62 So. 2d 707·
Fla.·
1953-01-20
·cited 6×
In a divorce case, the Florida Supreme Court upheld most of the trial court's orders including temporary alimony and child support awards, but quashed an order restraining the husband from leaving the state or transferring assets, conditioning the quashing on an inventory of his
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145 Fla. 547·
Fla.·
1940-08-02
·cited 6×
William S. Burkhart appealed from a lower court decision regarding temporary alimony, suit money, and counsel fees in a marital dispute with Leonora Forney Burkhart. The Florida Supreme Court referred the matter to a Commissioner to take testimony regarding the parties' financial
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173 So. 3d 1028·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2015-07-10
·cited 5×
In this Florida family law appeal, the former husband challenges the trial court's alimony award, life insurance requirement, and lump sum alimony award, while the former wife cross-appeals the denial of retroactive alimony and equitable distribution of assets. The court reversed
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89 So. 3d 1116·
Fla. 4th DCA·
2012-06-13
·cited 5×
Husband appeals an order awarding Wife temporary alimony of $11,536.50 per month, plus homeowner's association fees, property taxes, and attorneys' fees during a short-term marriage dissolution. The Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed, holding that the trial court did not ab
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45 So. 3d 975·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2010-10-15
·cited 5×
In this dissolution of marriage appeal, the husband challenges temporary alimony and child support awards ordered by the circuit court. The Second District Court of Appeal affirms the circuit court's deferral of time-sharing pending a home study, but reverses the temporary suppor
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11 So. 3d 470·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2009-06-26
·cited 5×
Bernard Perez appealed a temporary support award that required him to pay approximately 86% of his net monthly income in alimony, child support, and marital obligations. The Florida District Court of Appeal reversed the support award, finding the trial court abused its discretion
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495 So. 2d 271·
Fla. 2d DCA·
1986-10-01
·cited 5×
A Florida appellate court reversed a trial court's denial of temporary alimony and attorney's fees in a dissolution of marriage case, holding that the court improperly relied solely on the characterization of the marriage as short-term without considering statutory criteria such
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79 So. 3d 99·
Fla. 4th DCA·
2012-01-11
·cited 4×
Lisa Khan appeals a trial court order striking her motion for temporary alimony and attorney's fees based on a marital settlement agreement from prior dissolution proceedings in which the parties agreed to pay their own attorney's fees. The Fourth District Court of Appeal reverse
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961 So. 2d 1118·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2007-08-08
·cited 4×
Thomas Jessee appealed the trial court's denial of permanent alimony in his divorce from Tiffany Jessee, a bariatric surgeon earning substantially more than him. The court affirmed, holding that the twelve-and-a-half-year marriage was a 'gray-area' marriage with no presumption fa
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800 So. 2d 630·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2001-10-12
·cited 4×
The appellate court held that the final judgment of dissolution was unclear regarding the disposition of the parties' joint savings account.
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660 So. 2d 362·
Fla. 3d DCA·
1995-09-13
·cited 4×
In this family law appeal, the Florida District Court of Appeal reversed a trial court's award of temporary alimony to the wife but affirmed the award of temporary attorney's fees. The court found that the $1,000 monthly alimony award was unsupported by substantial evidence once
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626 So. 2d 1025·
Fla. 3d DCA·
1993-11-09
·cited 4×
Hector Pefaur appealed an order awarding temporary alimony and child support to Pilar Pefaur. The appellate court affirmed the award, finding no abuse of discretion in the amounts or effective dates, and rejecting the husband's contentions regarding the use of the term 'marital h
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507 So. 2d 655·
Fla. 3d DCA·
1987-04-21
·cited 4×
The court held that the trial court did not err in issuing contempt orders and a writ of bodily attachment against the husband for failing to comply with support and payment orders.
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495 So. 2d 270·
Fla. 2d DCA·
1986-08-06
·cited 4×
In a dissolution of marriage proceeding, the husband was found in contempt for failing to pay court-ordered temporary alimony. The appellate court affirmed the contempt finding but vacated the purge amount, holding that the trial court must separately find the contemnor has prese
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468 So. 2d 995·
Fla. 3d DCA·
1985-03-12
·cited 4×
Lolan Beers appeals a summary judgment requiring him to pay his deceased wife's hospital bills. The court reverses, holding that when a wife abandons her husband without justification, the husband's common law duty to support her—and thus his liability for her necessaries—is term
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436 So. 2d 431·
Fla. 3d DCA·
1983-08-30
·cited 4×
Summary judgment was proper where an unrebutted expert affidavit established that the former attorney's conduct in not pursuing temporary alimony fell within the expected standard of care for family law counsel, and the wife cannot avoid the written terms of her settlement agreem
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290 So. 2d 126·
Fla. 3d DCA·
1974-02-05
·cited 4×
In this Florida alimony case, the defendant-husband appealed an award of temporary alimony, attorney's fees, suit money, and costs to his wife following remand by the Florida Supreme Court. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's orders, finding the trial judge properly co
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215 So. 2d 83·
Fla. 3d DCA·
1968-10-29
·cited 4×
In this interlocutory appeal from an order granting temporary alimony and child support, the Florida District Court of Appeal upheld the trial court's finding that the wife established a prima facie common law marriage with the husband, while preserving the ultimate question of m
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64 So. 2d 679·
Fla.·
1953-04-24
·cited 4×
A Florida Supreme Court decision reviewing a circuit court's modification of a divorce decree reducing alimony payments. The court held that a single month's reduced earnings does not justify modifying a final divorce decree, and that attempting to review a portion of a final dec
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142 Fla. 579·
Fla.·
1940-04-05
·cited 4×
The Florida Supreme Court denied a motion for temporary alimony, attorney's fees, and suit money pending appeal because the appellant failed to provide the court with the record of the order being appealed. Without the record, the court could not determine if the appeal had merit
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60 Fla. 378·
Fla.·
1910-06-01
·cited 4×
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a wife's bill for alimony, finding that the evidence did not support her claims of mistreatment by her husband.
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407 So. 3d 452·
Fla. 4th DCA·
2025-03-26
·cited 3×
The trial court erred in awarding permanent alimony because the 2023 amendment to section 61.08 eliminated permanent alimony for petitions pending after July 1, 2023, and the trial court failed to make the required factual findings regarding the recipient's need and the obligor's
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295 So. 3d 880·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2020-05-01
·cited 3×
The appellate court reversed an order imposing a charging lien against a client's assets distributed in a divorce judgment. The court found the lien was improperly granted because the former attorney's services did not procure those specific assets.
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199 So. 3d 560·
Fla. 5th DCA·
2016-09-16
·cited 3×
In this family law appeal from a dissolution of marriage judgment, the court affirmed the award of durational alimony and rejection of the wife's adultery as a basis for reducing her alimony entitlement, but reversed and remanded on equitable distribution issues. The court found
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197 So. 3d 128·
Fla. 4th DCA·
2016-07-20
·cited 3×
The court held that while temporary suit fees and costs were properly awarded, the amount of temporary alimony was not supported by competent, substantial evidence.
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147 So. 3d 1048·
Fla. 5th DCA·
2014-08-29
·cited 3×
The trial court erred in reclassifying temporary alimony payments as corporate distributions and in awarding the former wife one-half of shareholder distributions from the marital business during the interim period, as the parties' settlement agreement and judgment established th
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98 So. 3d 715·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2012-10-05
·cited 3×
In a divorce proceeding, the trial court awarded the former wife temporary alimony of $2,700 per month and ordered the former husband to pay attorneys' fees by matching all payments he made to his own counsel. The appellate court affirmed the alimony award but reversed the attorn
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50 So. 3d 688·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2010-12-10
·cited 3×
In a dissolution of marriage case, the Florida District Court of Appeal reversed a trial court's award of $75,000 per month in temporary alimony and child support to the wife, and reversed the award of $336,946.48 in temporary attorney's fees, finding both awards were not support
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32 So. 3d 651·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2010-02-19
·cited 3×
The court affirmed the trial court's order increasing temporary alimony and awarding temporary attorney's fees, despite concerns about the husband's ability to pay.
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677 So. 2d 52·
Fla. 3d DCA·
1996-07-10
·cited 3×
The court held that the trial court properly exercised jurisdiction and that asset valuations and income determinations were supported by competent substantial evidence.
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354 So. 2d 1254·
Fla. 4th DCA·
1978-02-07
·cited 3×
A trial court cannot deny a motion for temporary relief without a hearing, even if prior hearings have occurred or exhibits are voluminous.
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146 Fla. 395·
Fla.·
1941-03-20
·cited 3×
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed a circuit court's order extending the time for taking testimony in a separate maintenance action, where the plaintiff had been unable to proceed due to the defendant's failure to comply with court orders for temporary alimony and maintenance pay
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134 Fla. 228·
Fla.·
1938-10-12
·cited 3×
In this matrimonial appeal, the Florida Supreme Court addressed whether Agnes M. Braznell was entitled to temporary alimony, suit money, and counsel fees pending her appeal of a marital dispute against Carl W. Braznell. The Court remanded the case to the trial court to determine
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337 So. 3d 61·
Fla. 4th DCA·
2022-04-06
·cited 2×
The appellate court reversed a trial court's order for temporary child support and alimony because the trial court failed to differentiate between the two. The court affirmed other aspects of the order.
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273 So. 3d 6·
Fla. 4th DCA·
2019-05-08
·cited 2×
The Wife appealed a temporary relief order in a family law case that awarded her temporary alimony while denying her request for temporary attorney's fees and suit money, and failing to make an express award of child support despite finding need and ability to pay. The Fourth Dis
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208 So. 3d 1288·
Fla. 1st DCA·
2017-02-10
·cited 2×
Florida appellate court reversed a temporary alimony award because the record lacked competent, substantial evidence of the wife's present need for support, as the award was based on anticipated future expenses rather than current necessity.
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196 So. 3d 480·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2016-06-29
·cited 2×
The court held that a temporary alimony award merges into the final judgment and does not continue post-judgment without consent, and that the trial court erred in continuing the temporary alimony award.
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152 So. 3d 863·
Fla. 5th DCA·
2014-12-19
·cited 2×
In a family law action for child support and spousal support, the husband appealed four non-final orders. The appellate court found that the temporary support award exceeded his demonstrated ability to pay because the trial court relied on an uncontroverted higher income figure a
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109 So. 3d 833·
Fla. 3d DCA·
2013-03-06
·cited 2×
Former wife appeals trial court's order terminating both temporary alimony and temporary attorney's fees obligations during a divorce proceeding. The court affirmed termination of temporary alimony but reversed termination of temporary attorney's fees, holding that the parties' a
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72 So. 3d 269·
Fla. 5th DCA·
2011-10-14
·cited 2×
In a dissolution of marriage case, the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal reversed the trial court's award of a credit to the husband for one-half of mortgage and house-related expenses paid during separation, holding the credit was improper because it was not pleaded, confli
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65 So. 3d 1101·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2011-06-27
·cited 2×
Shirley Bush appealed a final judgment of divorce, challenging the trial court's awards of alimony and equitable distribution. The appellate court affirmed the alimony award but reversed the equitable distribution portion because the trial court improperly included a depleted mar