Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1994

Gibson v. Gibson

Gibson v. Gibson
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided February 22, 1994 · Barkdull, Cope, Schwartz
631 So. 2d 1146; 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 1247; 1994 WL 51825 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Gibson v. Gibson

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Desmond Gibson appeals the final judgment dissolving the parties’ marriage. We think the obvious intent of the judgment is that the former wife, Doris C. Gibson, have responsibility for payment of the mortgage on the marital home which has been transferred to her as part of the divorce decree. With that clarification, we affirm the final judgment. Given the length of the marriage, the relative earning power of the parties, and the parties’ current financial circumstances, the trial court had the discretion to make an award of lump sum alimony to the wife, instead of awarding permanent periodic alimony. We have carefully considered the husband’s request for a remand for further factual findings, but in our view further proceedings will not change the ultimate result. As the decree is within the bounds of permissible discretion, see Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197 (Fla. 1980), the judgment is affirmed as clarified.

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