CATHERINE MICHELLE LAFLEUR, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By

• Stanislaw Matajek v. Leokadia Skowronska, 927 So. 2d 981 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006)
  …Former Husband assigned to the two automobiles that he retained. As to the value of the Former Wife’s car, there must be competent, substantial evidence supporting the court’s findings on valuation for marital assets. See, e.g., Reddell v. Reddell, 899 So. 2d 1154, 1155-56 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005) (quoting Brock v. Brock, 690 So. 2d 737, 740 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997)); Nichols v. Nichols, 907 So. 2d 620, 623 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005). “This is the attorneys’ or prose parties’ burden. A trial judge cannot create findings out o…
• Lift v. Lift, 1 So. 3d 259 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009)
  …distribution, a court is required to make specific written findings of fact that identify, classify, value, and distribute the parties’ assets and liabilities.” Pavese v. Pavese, 932 So. 2d 1269, 1270 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006); see also Reddell v. Reddell, 899 So. 2d 1154, 1155 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005) (“[a] trial court’s failure to make requisite findings regarding an equitable distribution constitutes reversible error”). The failure to do so precludes meaningful appellate review. Pavese, 932 So. 2d at 1270. Second, the…
• Lilly v. Lilly, 35 So. 3d 1022 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010)
  …. Although section 61.075(7), Florida Statutes, gives the trial court discretion to pick an equitable date to value assets, section 61.075(3) requires the trial court to establish a value based on competent, substantial evidence. Reddell v. Reddell, 899 So. 2d 1154, 1155-56 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005). The wife correctly argues that the husband’s bare assertions in a motion for rehearing were not evidence. Although the value of the assets may well have dropped, as the husband asserted, he failed to present any evidenc…