Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1993

Pyle v. Pyle

Pyle v. Pyle
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided April 20, 1993 · Baskin, Cope, Ferguson
617 So. 2d 1098; 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 4545; 1993 WL 120540 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Pyle v. Pyle

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We agree with the appellant that the trial court, in fashioning an award of alimony, should not have relied on an adulterous act of the husband which was committed eighteen years prior to the filing of the dissolution petition, which had no economic consequences. The case is remanded for a determination based on the criteria enumerated in section 61.08, Florida Statutes (1991). See Noah v. Noah, 491 So.2d 1124 (Fla. 1986) (evidence of a spouse’s adultery is irrelevant in setting alimony award unless the misconduct caused a depletion of family resources). Heilman v. Heilman, 610 So.2d 60 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992) (same).

Reversed and remanded.

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