Wood v. Wood

Full title: HERMIONE DEALMEIDA WOOD, CROSS-APPELLANT, v. THOMAS R. WOOD, CROSS-APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jul 1, 1986

490 So. 2d 248 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

Opinion

No. 85-2694.

July 1, 1986.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County; Martin Greenbaum, Judge.

Fine, Jacobson, Schwartz, Nash, Block England and Linda Ann Wells, Miami, for cross-appellant.

No appearance for cross-appellee.

Before NESBITT, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

It is undisputed that the disastrous economic situation that befell the marriage partners was caused by intentional acts of the now elusive husband. The trial court's refusal to consider that fact and to grant cross-appellant/wife the husband's interest in the home, the single marital asset, as an equitable distribution, was an abuse of discretion. Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197 (Fla. 1980); Williamson v. Williamson, 367 So.2d 1016 (Fla. 1979).

Reversed and remanded for further consistent proceedings.