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Miller v. Miller

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
May 1, 1998
709 So. 2d 644 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

Summary

holding that an appellate court "cannot address on appeal an issue not ruled upon" by the trial court

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Opinion

No. 97-02475

Opinion filed May 1, 1998.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk County; Wm. Bruce Smith, Judge.

Tony C. Dodds of Weeks Dodds, P.A., Lakeland, for Appellant.

Geraldyne H. Carlton of Carlton Carlton, P.A., Lakeland, for Appellee.


This appeal arises from postjudgment litigation in which the former husband petitioned for the termination of his alimony obligation. The former wife filed a counterpetition for reimbursements under a stipulated provision of the parties' divorce judgment which obligated the former husband to pay the children's college expenses. The former wife appeals the circuit court's order terminating the alimony. We affirm on that issue.See McManus v. McManus, 638 So.2d 1051, 1052 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994);Townsend v. Townsend, 585 So.2d 468, 470 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991);Withers v. Withers, 390 So.2d 453, 455 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980).

The former wife also complains that the circuit court failed to enter an order on her counterpetition. Although she has couched the issue as one involving error in failing to rule, both parties have briefed the merits of the former wife's entitlement to the reimbursements as if the circuit court had denied the counterpetition on the merits. The parties litigated the counterpetition at the final hearing, and we suspect that its omission from the order under review was an oversight. But neither party brought the oversight to the circuit court's attention. On the face of the record before us, the former wife's counterpetition remains pending. We cannot address on appeal an issue not ruled upon by the circuit court. See McGurn v. Scott, 596 So.2d 1042, 1043 (Fla. 1992); Sierra v. Public Health Trust of Dade County, 661 So.2d 1296 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995). Therefore, we remand for the circuit court's entry of an order disposing of the former wife's counterpetition.

Affirmed in part and remanded for further proceedings.

WHATLEY, A.C.J., and CASANUEVA, J., Concur.


Summaries of

Miller v. Miller

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
May 1, 1998
709 So. 2d 644 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

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Case details for

Miller v. Miller

Case Details

Full title:LINDA GAIL MILLER, Appellant, v. RONALD G. MILLER, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: May 1, 1998

Citations

709 So. 2d 644 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

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