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Cruse v. Cruse

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jul 31, 1979
373 So. 2d 440 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

Opinion

No. 79-760.

July 31, 1979.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Dick C.P. Lantz, J.

Stephen L. Raskin, Miami, for appellant.

Evelyn Langlieb Greer, Miami, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL and HUBBART, JJ., and RIEGLE, HORACE D. (Ret.), Associate Judge.


The husband appeals the order entered by the trial court which granted the wife's motion to compel answers to deposition questions, denied the husband's motion to depose the wife's psychologist, granted the wife temporary support of $800.00 per month, and awarded attorney's fees and costs. We dismiss the appeal from the discovery orders for lack of jurisdiction, Fla.R. App.P. 9.130(a)(3), (4), (5), and reverse the order granting temporary support, attorney's fees and costs. See Fla.R.App.P. 9.130(a)(3)(C)(iii).

The financial affidavits filed in connection with the motion for temporary support indicate that the aggregate of the financial circumstances (net income, liquid assets, etc.) place the wife in a better position than the husband to assume these relatively large amounts of temporary awards. The lower court, accordingly, erred in awarding the wife temporary support, attorney's fees and costs in the amounts required by the court's order. Cummings v. Cummings, 330 So.2d 134 (Fla. 1976); Grace v. Grace, 162 So.2d 314 (Fla.App. 1964).

Dismissed in part; reversed in part.


Summaries of

Cruse v. Cruse

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jul 31, 1979
373 So. 2d 440 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)
Case details for

Cruse v. Cruse

Case Details

Full title:DANIEL P. CRUSE, APPELLANT, v. JOANNA SNOW CRUSE, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jul 31, 1979

Citations

373 So. 2d 440 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

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