Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1986

DeCarolis v. DeCarolis

DeCarolis v. DeCarolis
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided June 25, 1986 · Gunther, Hersey, Walden
489 So. 2d 1247; 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1431; 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 8486 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

DeCarolis v. DeCarolis

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the ruling of the trial court in all respects except the trial court’s finding that the former wife’s car had an equity of $4,500.00. The only substantial, competent evidence in the record establishes the value of the car at $3,500.00.

We remand for the trial court to amend the final judgment to conform to this evidence.

*1248HERSEY, C.J., and GUNTHER, J., concur. WALDEN, J., concurs in part; dissents in part.

Concurring in Part

WALDEN, Judge,

concurring in part; dissenting in part:

I concur with the majority opinion as concerns the value of the former wife’s car and its adjustment to conform to the evidence.

I do respectfully dissent as to two matters:

1. In my opinion the trial court erred in awarding the former husband one-half of the mortgage payments which he made from September of 1983 to the date of final judgment, during which period the home was held as a tenancy by the entireties and occupied by the former husband and not the wife, they having separated.

2. Considering the disparity in income and assets, it is my opinion that the trial court erred and abused its discretion in not awarding attorney’s fees and costs to the former wife.

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