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O'Neal v. O'Neal

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Dec 23, 1981
407 So. 2d 1011 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

Summary

adopting its position in Moore v. Moore, 401 So.2d 841, 842 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981) (urging that "trial courts expressly state their reservation of jurisdiction . . . without resort to `nominal' alimony awards" where record shows that spouse may require support "in the near or foreseeable future")

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Opinion

No. 81-468.

December 23, 1981.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Osceola County; Alexander D. Hall, Jr., Acting Circuit Judge.

Franklin T. Walden of Massey, Alper Walden, P.A., Altamonte Springs, for appellant.

J. Chester Kerr, Kissimmee, for appellee.


The judgment appealed from is affirmed. We repeat our admonition as enunciated in Moore v. Moore, 401 So.2d 841 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981): "In the future we urge that the trial courts expressly state their reservation of jurisdiction in these cases without resort to `nominal' alimony awards." Id. at 842.

AFFIRMED.

DAUKSCH, Chief Judge, and FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr. and SHARP, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

O'Neal v. O'Neal

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Dec 23, 1981
407 So. 2d 1011 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

adopting its position in Moore v. Moore, 401 So.2d 841, 842 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981) (urging that "trial courts expressly state their reservation of jurisdiction . . . without resort to `nominal' alimony awards" where record shows that spouse may require support "in the near or foreseeable future")

Summary of this case from Gergen v. Gergen
Case details for

O'Neal v. O'Neal

Case Details

Full title:ROBERT I. O'NEAL, APPELLANT, v. FRAN A. O'NEAL, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Dec 23, 1981

Citations

407 So. 2d 1011 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

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