MARY G. JONES, APPELLANT,
v.
WILLIAM R. JONES, APPELLEE
MARY G. JONES, APPELLANT,
WILLIAM R. JONES, APPELLEE
431 So. 2d 697
Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (1983)
Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
The wife appeals several of the financial aspects and property distribution awards fashioned by the trial judge in the judgment which dissolved the brief marriage of the parties. We are required to review the judgment as a whole, and not the separate remedies used by the trial judge to achieve equity between the parties. Based on our review of the record we find that the trial judge did not abuse the broad discretion accorded trial judges by Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So. 2d 1197 (Fla.1980). Therefore, we affirm.
OTT, C.J., and DANAHY and CAMPBELL, JJ., concur.
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Kaylor v. Anne H. Kaylor, 466 So. 2d 1253 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985)…ce had to be pled and proven. Under our present statutory scheme, a trial court is vested with broad discretion in achieving equity between the parties in a dissolution action. See Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So. 2d 1197 (Fla.1980); Jones v. Jones, 431 So. 2d 697 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983). While considered extreme and subject to review for error, the procedure of bifurcating dissolution proceedings by granting dissolution and reserving jurisdiction to divide property, grant alimony, etc., has been approved by the s…
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Langer v. Langer, 463 So. 2d 265 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984)…ust affirm. Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So. 2d 1197, 1203 (Fla.1980). When reviewing this judgment, we must look at the judgment as a whole, and not the separate remedies used by the trial court to achieve equity between the parties. Jones v. Jones, 431 So. 2d 697 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983). A 50/50 division of marital assets has never been required for a distribution to be equitable. While we might have awarded the wife a greater amount had we been the trier of fact, this is no basis for reversal. DiPrima v. DiPrima…
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- Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So. 2d 1197 (Fla. 1980)