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Rankin v. Rankin

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Apr 23, 1974
293 So. 2d 117 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1974)

Opinion

No. 73-1294.

April 23, 1974.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Shelby Highsmith, J.

Gillman Horn, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Adams, George, Wood, Schulte Thompson, Miami, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, C.J., and CARROLL and HAVERFIELD, JJ.


Defendant-appellant, ex-wife, appeals an order (1) modifying final judgment of divorce wherein the alimony provision thereof was eliminated and (2) denying appellant attorney's fees.

The parties in this action were divorced on April 20, 1970 and pursuant to the judgment entered thereon, appellant, ex-wife, was awarded $1,500 yearly alimony. Having retired from his job, petitioner-appellee, ex-husband, in June 1973 filed the instant petition praying for modification of the 1970 final judgment of divorce with respect to the alimony provision thereof. A hearing was held thereon at the conclusion of which the chancellor entered his modification order herein appealed.

Appellant, ex-wife, alleges the court erred in granting the petition for modification and denying her petition for attorney's fees. We cannot agree.

The chancellor expressly reserved jurisdiction in the April 1970 final judgment of divorce to modify or terminate the alimony to the appellant, ex-wife. Having found no abuse of the chancellor's discretion in the elimination thereof or the denial of attorney's fees to her, we hereby affirm the order herein appealed. See 10A Fla.Jur. Dissolution of Marriage § 318 (1973).

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Rankin v. Rankin

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Apr 23, 1974
293 So. 2d 117 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1974)
Case details for

Rankin v. Rankin

Case Details

Full title:ROSA LEE RANKIN, APPELLANT, v. GEORGE F. RANKIN, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Apr 23, 1974

Citations

293 So. 2d 117 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1974)