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Johnston v. Johnston

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Aug 12, 1977
349 So. 2d 682 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)

Opinion

No. 75-1971.

August 12, 1977.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Orange County; George M. Diamantis, Judge.

Robert G. Petree, Bornstein, Petree Shader, Orlando, for appellant.

John M. Cain, Orlando, for appellee.


The evidence presented to the trial court having been reviewed in light of the guidelines established by Brown v. Brown, 300 So.2d 719 (Fla. 1st DCA 1974), Gordon v. Gordon, 335 So.2d 321 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976) and McAllister v. McAllister, 345 So.2d 352 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977), and we having concluded that the awards made to the appellee-wife may exceed those that we would have found appropriate had we presided at the trial, but that they do not represent an abuse of judicial discretion or appear patently erroneous, we do affirm.

AFFIRMED.

MAGER and DOWNEY, JJ., and STEWART, JAMES R., Jr., Associate Judge, concur.


Summaries of

Johnston v. Johnston

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Aug 12, 1977
349 So. 2d 682 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)
Case details for

Johnston v. Johnston

Case Details

Full title:WARREN F. JOHNSTON, APPELLANT, v. DOROTHY M. JOHNSTON, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Aug 12, 1977

Citations

349 So. 2d 682 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)

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