SUZANNE BERNSTEIN, APPELLANT,
v.
ZELMAN LOUIS BERNSTEIN, APPELLEE
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The appellate court affirmed the trial court's decisions regarding permanent alimony, special equity, and temporary support.
Appellant contended the trial court erred in failing to award permanent alimony, grant a special equity claim, and retroactively amend a temporary sup…
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PER CURIAM.
Appellant contends the trial court erred when it failed to award permanent alimony, failed to grant her claim for a special equity, and when it retroactively amended a temporary support order. We affirm.
The record contains sufficient evidence to support the trial court’s reduction of the amount of temporary support paid by appellee. There is also support in the record for the trial court’s decision to offset the wife’s claim for a special equity based upon her unpaid work in appellee’s medical office against the husband’s claim based upon his contributions from non-marital sources towards the purchase price of the marital residence.
The trial court’s failure toward appellant permanent periodic alimony has caused us great concern. However, the record contains conflicting evidence on this question and we cannot say that the trial court exercised its discretion outside the bounds of the guidelines provided by the Supreme Court in Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So. 2d 1197 (Fla.1980). Also see Kuvin v. Kuvin, 442 So. 2d 203 (Fla.1983); Ellis v. Ellis, 461 So. 2d 190 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984). Accordingly, we affirm the final judgment in all respects
AFFIRMED.
ANSTEAD, LETTS and DELL, JJ., concur.
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- Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So. 2d 1197 (Fla. 1980)
- Kuvin v. Kuvin, 442 So. 2d 203 (Fla. 1983)
- Ellis v. Ellis, 461 So. 2d 190 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984)