Opinion
Case No. 4D01-1234.
Opinion filed May 1, 2002.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; James T. Carlisle, Judge; L.T. Case No. C.D. 00-2100 FZ.
Linda L. Perry of Linda L. Perry, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellant.
Ronald M. Zakarin and Melody E. Steinberg of Schwartz, Gold, Cohen, Zakarin Kotler, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellee.
We affirm the final judgment of dissolution in all respects but one — the trial court's award of $440 per month in permanent alimony. Section 61.08(1), Florida Statutes (2001), requires the trial court in "all dissolution actions" to include findings of fact "relative to the factors enumerated" in section 61.08(2), "supporting an award or denial of alimony." The trial court made insufficient findings under the statute to support an award of alimony. See Segall v. Segall, 708 So.2d 983, 987-88 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). The need for such findings is especially important in a case like this, involving an eleven-year marriage and income imputed to the husband. Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.
GUNTHER, STONE and GROSS, JJ., concur.
NOT FINAL UNTIL THE DISPOSITION OF ANY TIMELY FILED MOTION FOR REHEARING.