SANDRA HOLITZNER, APPELLANT,
v.
THOMAS HOLITZNER, APPELLEE

Fla. 4th DCA | 2006-02-22
No. 4D05-440
GROSS and MAY, JJ., concur.
920 So. 2d 827 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2006) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
IMPERATO, CYNTHIA, Associate Judge.

IMPERATO, CYNTHIA, Associate Judge.

We affirm and remand for findings in accordance with this opinion. It appears the trial court, pursuant to section 61.075, Florida Statutes, sought to divide the marital assets equally and allow the wife to live in the marital home until the children were emancipated. However, it is unclear how the proceeds from the marital home were to be distributed once the home is sold, and if the former wife is entitled to reimbursement as a co-tenant for all expenses relating to the home that she incurs during the period of exclusive possession.

Section 61.077, Florida Statutes, provides, in relevant part,

A party is not entitled to any credits or setoffs upon the sale of the marital home unless the parties’ settlement agreement, final judgment of dissolution of marriage, or final judgment equitably distributing assets or debts specifically provides that certain credits or setoffs are allowed or given at the time of the sale.

§ 61.077, Fla. Stat. (2005).

Therefore, we remand to the trial court to address the issue of whether the wife is entitled to any credits or set-offs upon the sale of the marital home.

GROSS and MAY, JJ., concur.


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    …assets or debts specifically provides that certain credits or setoffs are allowed or given at the time of the sale. The statute then lists the factors the trial court should consider in determining the issue.1 Id.; see also Holitzner v. Holitzner, 920 So. 2d 827, 828 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006) (remanding for the trial court to address, in accordance with section 61.077, the issue of whether the wife was entitled to credits or setoffs upon sale of the marital home). Therefore, on remand the trial court shall specif…
  • Cardella-Navarro v. Navarro, 992 So. 2d 856 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008)
    …t of dissolution of marriage, or final judgment equitably distributing assets or debts specifically provides that certain credits or setoffs are allowed or given at the time of the sale.” § 61.077, Fla. Stat. (2008). See also Holitzner v. Holitzner, 920 So. 2d 827, 828 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). Here, there was no settlement agreement on credits or setoffs. In such a situation, section 61.077 allows the court to consider certain factors in determining the issue of credits or setoffs. The Amended Final Judgment doe…
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