LEMUEL L. COLE, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Bart L. Segall v. Segall, 708 So. 2d 983 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)
  …ld wife of twelve-year marriage with two children was capable of becoming self-sustaining; although husband was capable of earning more than wife, this finding alone did not constitute sufficient basis for permanent alimony award); Cornell v. Smith, 616 So. 2d 629, 630 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993)(despite wife’s assertions of husband’s uncontrolled spending and mismanagement of money, “mere disparity in incomes is not sufficient to justify an award of permanent alimony where the wife is relatively young and her earnin…
• Kennedy v. Kennedy, 622 So. 2d 1033 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993)
  …. SHARP, J., concurs. DIAMANTIS, J., dissents, with opinion, in which W. SHARP and GRIFFIN, JJ., concur and in which GOSHORN, J., concurs in result. . The grant of alimony in this case is also contrary to the court’s statement in Cornell v. Smith, 616 So. 2d 629 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993): In fact, our own research indicates that the courts of this state have consistently held that mere disparity of income is not sufficient to justify an award of permanent alimony where the wife is relatively young and her earnin…
• Stock v. Stock, 693 So. 2d 1080 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997)
  …75(l)(i), Florida Statutes (1995), a party’s conduct must constitute “intentional dissipation, waste, depletion, or destruction” of a marital asset. (Emphasis supplied.) Simple mismanagement of the family finances does not qualify. Cornell v. Smith, 616 So. 2d 629 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993). Inherent in the trial court’s treatment of the Curlew property was its conclusion that the wife had committed no misconduct in regard to that asset, and the evidence fully supported that view. Accordingly, we affirm on this issu…

Authorities Cited

• Alphonso Alvarez v. State, 358 So. 2d 10 (Fla. 1978)
• Harmon v. State, 438 So. 2d 369 (Fla. 1983)
• Lepiscopo v. Hopwood, 498 U.S. 832 (U.S. 1990)
• Ballard v. Oklahoma, 498 U.S. 832 (U.S. 1990)