HARRY J. GERSTEN, APPELLANT,
v.
BARBARA L. GERSTEN, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1983-06-21
No. 82-2295
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.
433 So. 2d 57 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1983) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

We uphold the trial court’s rejection of the sixty-eight year old husband’s claim of a special equity in the parties’ jointly held home. Marsh v. Marsh, 419 So. 2d 629 (Fla. 1982). Its $10,000 lump sum alimony award to the forty-six year old wife, who continued her employment throughout their four-year marriage and emerged with a greater net worth than before, was, however, an unjustified abuse of discretion and is therefore reversed. McDonald v. McDonald, 429 So. 2d 795 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983); Protto v. Protto, 431 So. 2d 671 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983).

Affirmed in part; reversed in part.


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