PATRICK A. HARRIS, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

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• Taylor v. Taylor, 177 So. 3d 1000 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015)
  …cts of the case. Given the level of complexity in this decision, it is important for the trial court to demonstrate on the record or in its order that it has applied the correct law when selecting its choice of alimony. See, e.g., Valente v. Barion, 146 So. 3d 1247 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014) (reversing award of permanent alimony in a moderate-term marriage where trial court appeared to apply the wrong law in its decision making). Subsection 61.08(4) establishes a “rebuttable presumption” that a marriage having a dura…
• Vinsand v. Vinsand, 179 So. 3d 366 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015)
  …ate duration if the trial court determines that “such an award is appropriate based on efecr and convincing midmice after consideration of the factors set forth in subsection (2)” of section 61.08. § 61.08(8) (emphasis added); see Valente v. Barion, 146 So. 3d 1247, 1249 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014). In awarding permanent alimony following a marriage of any duration, the trial court “shall include a finding 'that no other form of alimony is fair and reasonable under the circumstances of the parties.” § 61.08(8). In thi…
• Irene Banks v. Randy Banks, 168 So. 3d 273 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015)
  …ay be awarded ... following a marriage of moderate duration if such an award is appropriate based upon clear and convincing evidence after consideration of the factors set forth in subsection (2).” § 61.08(8) (emphasis added); see Valente v. Barion, 146 So. 3d 1247, 1249 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014); Winder v. Winder, 152 So. 3d 836, 840 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014). However, there is no dispute that this thirty-three-year marriage was, by definition, a long-term marriage. The portion of subsection 61.08(8) applicable to long-du…