District Court of Appeal of Florida· 4/29/2005

Levy v. Levy

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900 So. 2d 737

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holding that trial court erred in assigning depleted asset to former wife when she spent asset funds on attorney’s fees and living expenses
holding that an award of permanent alimony while generally not available in a short-term marriage, was proper because the wife was unable to be self-supporting by reason of a physical disability
stating that a finding of misconduct is necessary for the assigning of the dissipated asset to the spending spouse
reversing award of dissipated asset because the wife's testimony that she used the asset for attorney's fees and living expenses during the dissolution proceedings was unrebutted and the trial court did not find the wife guilty of misconduct
reversing award of dissipated asset because the wife’s testimony that she used the asset for attorney’s fees and living expenses during the dissolution proceedings was unrebutted and the trial court did not find the wife guilty of misconduct
reversing judgment where “[t]he trial court did not make a finding of fact in the final judgment that the Wife was guilty of misconduct with regard to the depletion or dissipation of the portion of the lump-sum payment that had been spent”

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Judges: Wallace

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