Halpern v. Halpern

Florida District Courts of Appeal
Halpern v. Halpern, 436 So. 2d 366 (1983)
1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 22573
Baskin, Nesbitt, Schwartz

Halpern v. Halpern

Opinion of the Court

BASKIN, Judge.

In accordance with our concern for the substance rather than the form of payments made pursuant to a dissolution decree, regardless of the label of “property settlement” or “alimony”; and in recognition that the name assigned may not be conclusive of the question of the character of the obligation, see Underwood v. Underwood, 64 So.2d 281 (Fla. 1953); Fagan v. Lewis, *367374 So.2d 18 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979), we hold that the sums referred to in paragraph 3 of the order portion of the Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage dated May 23,1980, constituted alimony obligations enforceable by contempt and not a property settlement. Accordingly, we reverse and remand the cause to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing on the wife’s motion for contempt.

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Full Case Name
Margaret M. HALPERN v. Stanley N. HALPERN
Cited By
3 cases
Status
Published