DAVID ROBINSON, JR., APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Jelke v. Minot Frazier Jelke, 233 So. 2d 408 (Fla. 3d DCA 1970)
  …l court has the power to require increased child support payments even though the amounts set in the judgment were those provided in a property settlement agreement incorporated into the final judgment of divorce. See Sirkin v. Sirkin, Fla.App.1967, 204 So. 2d 13. Further, it is error for a court to deny a petition for modification in the face of essentially undisputed evidence of a husband’s improved ability' to pay and substantially increased needs of the husband’s children. See Chord v. Chord, Fla.App. 19…
• Forte v. Forte, 320 So. 2d 446 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975)
  …cases cited therein. Interpretation or modification of a separation agreement affecting welfare of children is not only permissible but obligatory where the circumstances so indicate. Lang v. Lang, supra. According to Sirkin v. Sirkin, Fla.App.1967, 204 So. 2d 13, there is a continuing obligation of a father to provide living quarters as an element of support for the children. Therefore, the provision for housing for Mary Forte and the two minor children directly relates to the maintenance and support of the…
• Essex v. Ayres, 503 So. 2d 1365 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987)
  …nd its corollary that only such contracts that are consistent with the best interests of the minor child will be enforced, Gammon v. Cobb, 335 So. 2d 261, 266-67 (Fla.1976); Armour v. Allen, 377 So. 2d 798, 800 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979); Sirkin v. Sirkin, 204 So. 2d 13 (Fla. [*1367] 3d DCA 1967).1 The vitality of this latter rule is quite obviously sapped when a parent who has, for whatever reason, agreed upon an inadequate amount of child support is charged with the burden, however slight, to establish not only t…

Authorities Cited

• Thomas v. State, 201 So. 2d 834 (Fla. 2d DCA 1967)
• Gibson v. State, 173 So. 2d 766 (Fla. 3d DCA 1965)