The Fourth DCA holds that a quitclaim deed between spouses executed during a divorce that is later dismissed constitutes an interspousal gift—a marital asset subject to equitable distribution in any subsequent dissolution.
Florida’s Fourth DCA reverses a lump sum child support award in a high-asset dissolution, holding that Section 61.30 provides no authority for lump sum child support while affirming undifferentiated temporary alimony and support awards.
The First DCA reversed domestic battery by strangulation convictions, holding that an audio recording made by the victim’s minor daughter in the defendant’s home without his consent violated Florida’s wiretap statute (section 934.03) and should have been excluded.
The Fourth DCA reversed an equitable distribution scheme that required the former wife to pay a $121,000 equalization payment at $300/month over nearly 34 years, finding it effectively deprived the former husband of his share during his lifetime.
The Fourth DCA reversed a dissolution judgment that included $100,000 in retirement withdrawals used for marital expenses in equitable distribution without a finding of intentional misconduct, and that failed to provide a mechanism ensuring husband is compensated if wife does not refinance the marital home.
The Fourth DCA affirmed the trial court’s denial of durational alimony where the husband’s employment was set to terminate the month after the final hearing, finding no abuse of discretion in the trial court’s determination that the husband lacked ability to pay.
The Georgia Court of Appeals partially reversed a child custody modification order, holding that the trial court could not alter legal custody — including decision-making authority over religion and extracurricular activities — after expressly finding no material change in circumstances, while affirming changes to parenting time.
Connecticut Appellate Court holds that the litigation privilege bars an IIED claim arising from an allegedly fraudulent probate conservatorship proceeding, ruling that downstream out-of-court conduct taken pursuant to conservator authority obtained in the proceeding cannot be carved out as independently actionable.
The Tenth District affirmed the denial of a contempt motion in a divorce case, holding that failure to file timely objections to a magistrate’s decision and failure to provide the hearing transcript to the appellate court were fatal procedural defects.
The Sixth District affirmed the trial court’s decision to exclude a minor child from a domestic violence protection order where a custody and visitation order already existed in juvenile court and limited evidence connected the child to the domestic violence.