RALPH A. JAMES, APPELLANT,

v.

PATRICIA A. JAMES, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Jarrard v. Jarrard, 157 So. 3d 332 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015)
  …Jar-rard. . Mr. Jarrard’s alimony has never been modified in this case. Thus, this case does not involve a situation in which the change of circumstances should be determined from the time of a prior modification order, such as Johnson v. Johnson, 537 So. 2d 637 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989). . As Judge Padovano explains, the correct standard of review is typically determined by the "nature of the adjudication” or the function that the trial court is performing at the time of the alleged error. It is rarely determine…
• Hann v. Hann, 629 So. 2d 918 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993)
  …. We note that the trial court was aware that the wife planned to move to Missouri and to teach there; thus, the wife’s employment as a teacher would not be grounds for the husband to seek a modification of permanent alimony. See Johnson v. Johnson, 537 So. 2d 637 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988) (changed circumstances sufficient to justify a modification of alimony can be based only on circumstances changed since the prior award), review denied, 544 So. 2d 200 (Fla.1989).…
• Lowe v. Lowe, 580 So. 2d 331 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991)
  …ourt, in its order of modification, relied upon the changes in the parties’ respective incomes since the date of the 1986 final judgment instead of since the 1988 date when the alimony provision was last modified. Such was error. Johnson v. Johnson, 537 So. 2d 637 (Fla. 2nd DCA 1988). Even if the modification were based upon the change in circumstances since the 1988 modification order, the evidence would certainly not support the very substantial alimony reduction ordered by the trial court. Accordingly, t…

Authorities Cited

• Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So. 2d 1197 (Fla. 1980)
• Kernan v. Kernan, 495 So. 2d 275 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986)