Wight v. Wight

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]here is no indication of legislative intent in this statute to encourage lawyers to represent indigent clients. Rather, ‘[t]he statute's purpose is to ensure that both parties possess a similar ability to retain competent legal counsel.’”
• “[T]here is no indication of legislative intent in this statute to encourage lawyers to represent indigent clients. Rather, ‘[t]he 40 statute's purpose is to ensure that both parties possess a similar ability to retain competent legal counsel.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Schneider v. Schneider
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-03-10· cited 14×
• Baker v. Baker
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-05-12· cited 9×
• Trial Practices, Inc. v. Hahn Loester & Parks, LLP
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-10-25· cited 5×
• Bates v. Islamorada
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-10-04· cited 1×
• Trial Practices, Inc. v. Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-04-12
• Christina Fano Schultheis v. Milan Schultheis
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-10-29
• Christina Fano Schultheis v. Milan Schultheis
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-02-25

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Rosen v. Rosen
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-04-24· cited 318×
• Standard Guar. Ins. Co. v. Quanstrom
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-01-11· cited 287×
• State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Palma
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-12-23· cited 152×
• McMahan v. Toto
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-11-06· cited 104×
• Insurance Co. of North America v. Lexow
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-07-16· cited 51×
• Oruga Corp. v. AT&T WIRELESS OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-06-10· cited 24×
• Lopez v. Lopez
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-01-12· cited 21×
• Mediplex Const. of Florida, Inc. v. Schaub
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-09-03· cited 14×
• DOT v. Robbins and Robbins, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-10-17· cited 13×
• Diaz v. SantaFe Healthcare, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-06-20· cited 11×
• National Portland Cement Co. v. Goudie
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-09-09· cited 10×
• Condren v. Bell
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-09-17· cited 8×
• Citibank Federal Sav. Bank v. Sandel
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-03-01· cited 8×
• BARRON CHASE SECURITIES, INC. v. Moser
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-06-08· cited 6×
• Fleet Services Corp. v. Reise
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-09-12· cited 6×
• Nemesis Veritas, L. P., Fka McMahan & Co. v. Toto
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-09· cited 5×
• Nemesis Veritas, L. P. v. Toto
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-09· cited 4×
• Pelaez v. Persons
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-11-03· cited 1×