Freeman v. Freeman

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a reduction of income from $85,212/year to $44,755/year constituted a substantial change of circumstances, entitling the former husband to a reduction of his child support obligation
• a showing of a substantial change in circumstances for one year or more constitutes a change of sufficient permanence to grant relief
• for modification of child support, requiring a showing that a change in circumstances is “forever” would impose an impossible burden
• the evidence conclusively showed that the substantial reduction of the former husband’s annual income from $85,000 to $44,000 constitutes substantial change of circumstance entitling him to reduction of child support obligation
• “[W]e hold that in the context of child support modification, the requirement that the change of circumstances is permanent does not require a showing that the change is forever. That would be an impossible burden because no one can testify to the future; ...”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jarrard v. Jarrard
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-01-07· cited 20×
• Kartzmark v. Kartzmark
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-04-01· cited 9×
• Chereskin v. Chereskin
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-06-15· cited 6×
• Seward v. Florida Department of Revenue
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-02-21· cited 6×
• Bennett v. Dept. of Revenue
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-12-01· cited 5×
• Niemann v. Anderson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-01-03· cited 4×
• Rupp v. Department of Health
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-07-18· cited 1×
• Bonavito v. Bonavito
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-05-25
• Newnum v. Weber
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-07-17

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Canakaris v. Canakaris
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-03-27· cited 2,288×
• Deatherage v. Deatherage
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-02-25· cited 22×
• Thompson v. Thompson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-07-22· cited 17×