STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THE TAXPAYERS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND CITIZENS OF SARASOTA COUNTY, INCLUDING NONRESIDENTS OWNING PROPERTY OR SUBJECT TO TAXATION THEREIN, ET AL., APPELLANTS,

v.

SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

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• Diane v. Bedell, 583 So. 2d 1005 (Fla. 1991)
  …ed with a showing of increased need or that the needs were not met at the time of the dissolution for reasons that have now changed. I support the strong dissent of Judge Barkdull in Sherman v. Sherman, 279 So. 2d 887 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. dismissed, 282 So. 2d 877 (Fla.1973), which is now the view of the third district court of appeal. I believe the district court in this case properly stated the law, but improperly ap [*1009] plied the facts. Mrs. Bedell demonstrated both a substantial change in ability to…
• Bedell v. Bedell, 561 So. 2d 1179 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989)
  …pward modification in alimony “if the [recipient spouse’s] needs are already fully [*1183] met by the existing award or otherwise.1 Powell; Frantz. We recognize that our decision in Sherman v. Sherman, 279 So. 2d 887 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. dismissed, 282 So. 2d 877 (Fla.1973), stands in conflict with the above-stated law, and thus the reason for our en banc decision today. In that case, we upheld an increase in periodic alimony for the wife, upon a petition for modification, when the only change in circumstanc…
• Flynn v. Flynn, 433 So. 2d 1037 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983)
  …itute a [*1038] legitimate basis for an increase in the amount of child support. Meltzer v. Meltzer, 356 So. 2d 1263 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978), cert. denied, 370 So. 2d 460 (Fla.1979); Sherman v. Sherman, 279 So. 2d 887 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973), cert. dismissed, 282 So. 2d 877 (Fla.1973). There was evidence before the general master to support an increase based upon a change in ability to pay. On this record, however, we are unable to conclude that denial of the application constituted a gross abuse of discretion. There…