GLORIA J. TEARDO, APPELLANT,
v.
THOMAS F. TEARDO, ET AL., APPELLEES

Fla. 5th DCA | 1985-01-03
No. 84-116
ORFINGER, SHARP and COWART, JJ., concur.
461 So. 2d 276 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (1985) Negative Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Property held as an estate by the entireties is not subject to the lien of a judgment against one tenant alone. Winters v. Parks, 91 So. 2d 649 (Fla.1956); Vaughn v. Mandis, 53 So. 2d 704 (Fla.1951); State ex rel Molter v. Johnson, 107 FLa. 47, 144 So. 299 (1932); Ohio Butterine Company v. Hargrave, 79 Fla. 458, 84 So. 376 (1920); Liberman v. Kelso, 354 So. 2d 137 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978); Bendl v. Bendl, 246 So. 2d 574 (Fla. 3d DCA 1971). The rule applies when the judgment is for arrears in alimony due to an ex-wife as with any other judgment.

AFFIRMED.

ORFINGER, SHARP and COWART, JJ., concur.


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