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In re Marriage of Mason

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Oct 21, 1977
350 So. 2d 118 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)

Opinion

No. FF-298.

September 22, 1977. Rehearing Denied October 21, 1977.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Jackson County; W.L. Bailey, Judge.

Joseph A. Sheffield of Roberts Sheffield, Marianna, Frank A. Graham, Jr., Tallahassee, for appellant.

J. Paul Griffith, Marianna, for appellee.


The fixing and awarding of alimony is seldom subject to mathematical exactitude. Although we are of the view, sub judice, that the award of the learned trial judge was indeed generous we do not find that such generosity was to such a degree as to constitute the award an abuse of discretion.

The judgment here appealed is therefore affirmed.

The motion of the appellee for attorney's fees incident to this appeal is denied.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

McCORD, C.J., and BOYER, J., concur.

MILLS, J., dissents.


I dissent. In my judgment the trial court abused its discretion in awarding the wife as lump sum alimony the entire amount of the material accumulations of the marriage.

I join with the majority in denying the motion of appellee for attorney's fees.


Summaries of

In re Marriage of Mason

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Oct 21, 1977
350 So. 2d 118 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)
Case details for

In re Marriage of Mason

Case Details

Full title:IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF GERALD V. MASON, HUSBAND, AND GLORIA MASON, WIFE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Oct 21, 1977

Citations

350 So. 2d 118 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)