Toussaint v. Toussaint

Full title: Merana Toussaint, Appellant, v. Jonel Toussaint, Appellee.

Court: Florida Court of Appeals, Third District

Date published: Aug 28, 2024

No. 3D23-0812 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Aug. 28, 2024)

Opinion

3D23-0812

08-28-2024

Merana Toussaint, Appellant, v. Jonel Toussaint, Appellee.

Law Offices of James Jean-Francois, P.A., and James Jean-Francois (Hollywood), for appellant. Marro Law, P.A., and Meaghan K. Marro, (Plantation), for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County No. 16-15-FC-04, Marcia Del Rey, Judge.

Law Offices of James Jean-Francois, P.A., and James Jean-Francois (Hollywood), for appellant.

Marro Law, P.A., and Meaghan K. Marro, (Plantation), for appellee.

Before LOGUE, C.J., and GORDO and LOBREE, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. § 61.077, Fla. Stat. (2024); Sell v. Sell, 949 So.2d 1108, 1112 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007) (noting that the homestead character of a marital home does not bar the distribution or partition of the home between spouses (citing Partridge v. Partridge, 912 So.2d 649, 650 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005))); Ortiz v. Ortiz, 315 So.3d 149, 152 (Fla. 2d DCA 2021) ("The marital home, like any other marital asset, is subject to equitable distribution."); Sharon v. Sharon, 862 So.2d 789, 791 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003) ("[Allocating the marital home . . . as part of the plan of equitable distribution falls within the scope of the trial court's broad discretion[.]").