Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1989

Ward v. Ward

Ward v. Ward
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 1, 1989 · Gunther, Letts, Stone
539 So. 2d 17; 14 Fla. L. Weekly 575; 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 973; 1989 WL 24676 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Ward v. Ward

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

GUNTHER and STONE, JJ., concur. LETTS, J., dissents in part with opinion.

Dissenting Opinion

LETTS, Judge,

dissenting in part.

I would affirm all of the provisions of the final judgment with two exceptions.

The husband has been left with no lique-fiable capital assets of any value with the exception of a 1981 Buiek and his gun collection. In addition, he has been saddled with permanent periodic alimony payments which are generous in relation to his total income.

All this being so, I think it was error to also award the wife $4,000 in lump sum alimony and require the husband to immediately pay attorney’s fees and costs total-ling $12,756. As far as the record reflects, he simply does not have $16,750 in cash and it will take him a long time to amass such a sum. I would reverse as to these two items.

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