PATRICIA LEE, APPELLANT,
v.
HAROLD LEE, APPELLEE
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Trial court properly denied mother's motion for contempt for alimony and child-support arrearages where father presented competent evidence of inability to pay, and mother's recusal motion failed for lack of required affidavit.
A trial court's denial of a contempt motion for failure to pay alimony and child support is affirmed when the trial judge, having observed the parties over years of proceedings, finds competent evidence supporting the obligor's inability to strictly comply with support obligations.
[1] A motion for disqualification of a judge must be supported by an affidavit stating facts supporting fear of bias or prejudice, as required by Florida Statutes section 38.…
[2] On appeal from a trial court's denial of a contempt motion for failure to pay support obligations, findings of fact will not be disturbed unless totally unsupported by co…
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PER CURIAM.
Appellant contends, as a first issue on appeal, that the trial court should have recused itself on her naked motion suggesting a bias. Her second issue challenges the sufficiency of the former husband’s evidence in defense to her motion for contempt for delinquency in making alimony and child-support payments.
We need not labor the first point because the motion for disqualification did not comply with section 38.10, Florida Statutes (1989), which requires an affidavit stating that the movant “fears that he will not receive a fair trial in the court where the suit is pending on account of the prejudice of the judge of that court against the applicant or in favor of the adverse party.” Appellant’s motion was not supported by an affidavit.
The second point on appeal asks this court to reweigh the evidence, which is not permitted. Findings of fact by a trial judge in a nonjury proceeding will not be set aside on review unless totally unsupported by competent and substantial evidence. Laufer v. Norma Fashions, Inc., 418 So. 2d 437 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982). Here the trial judge, who has seen and heard the parties for four years in dissolution of marriage and post-dissolution proceedings, considered the husband’s testimonial and documentary evidence of an inability to strictly comply with the support provisions of the judgment. We cannot hold that the evidence fails to support the trial court’s decision to deny the motion for contempt. Whether Mr. Lee was credible is not a determination for this court.
Affirmed.
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