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Lange v. Lange

Supreme Court of Florida
Mar 27, 1980
380 So. 2d 1027 (Fla. 1980)

Opinion

No. 54347.

January 31, 1980. Rehearing Denied March 27, 1980.

Certiorari to District Court of Appeal, Fourth District.

Jos. D. Farish, Jr., Dennis R. Long and F. Kendall Slinkman, of Farish Farish, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Edna L. Caruso, and the Law Offices of Montgomery, Lytal, Reiter, Denney Searcy, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


This case is before us on petition for writ of certiorari to review a decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal reported at 357 So.2d 1035 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978). The district court affirmed the trial court's judgment of dissolution which had awarded to a mentally ill wife exclusive possession of the marital home based on this special circumstance and demonstrated need. We accepted jurisdiction because the decision conflicts with Saviteer v. McAdoo, 310 So.2d 28 (Fla. 2d DCA 1975). That conflict, however, has been resolved by our decisions in McDonald v. McDonald, 368 So.2d 1283 (Fla. 1979), and Duncan v. Duncan, 379 So.2d 949 (Fla. 1980), which expressly disapproved Saviteer. Conflict having been resolved, we deny certiorari.

Art. V., § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

It is so ordered.

ENGLAND, C.J., and ADKINS, BOYD and SUNDBERG, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Lange v. Lange

Supreme Court of Florida
Mar 27, 1980
380 So. 2d 1027 (Fla. 1980)
Case details for

Lange v. Lange

Case Details

Full title:HAROLD E. LANGE, PETITIONER, v. BILLIE CAROLA LANGE, RESPONDENT

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Mar 27, 1980

Citations

380 So. 2d 1027 (Fla. 1980)