Supreme Court of Florida, 2000

Abraham v. Abraham

Abraham v. Abraham
Supreme Court of Florida · Decided November 16, 2000 · Anstead, Harding, Lewis, Pariente, Quince, Shaw, Wells
775 So. 2d 937; 25 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 1056; 2000 Fla. LEXIS 2254; 2000 WL 1707148 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Abraham v. Abraham

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We initially accepted review of the decision in Abraham v. Abraham, 730 So.2d 746 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999), based on alleged express and direct conflict under article V, section 3(b)(3) of the Florida Constitution. Upon further consideration, we find that jurisdiction was improvidently granted. Accordingly, we hereby dismiss review of this cause.

It is so ordered.

WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING and QUINCE, JJ., concur. ANSTEAD, J., dissents with an opinion, in which PARIENTE and LEWIS, JJ., concur.

Dissenting Opinion

ANSTEAD, J.,

dissenting.

Because I conclude that we properly accepted jurisdiction on the basis of a conflict between the decision rendered below, Abraham v. Abraham, 730 So.2d 746 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999), and the decisions in Wall v. Johnson, 80 So.2d 362 (Fla. 1955), and Martin v. Lenahan, 658 So.2d 119 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995), I would not discharge jurisdiction. Indeed, the majority opinion below candidly acknowledges “contrary authority for requiring restitution,” Abraham, 730 So.2d at 747, placing this case in the unique and limited category of cases demonstrating conflict on the face of the opinion.

PARIENTE and LEWIS, JJ., concur.

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