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Young v. Young

Citations

  • 677 So. 2d 1301
  • 1996 WL 416058

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  • concluding that the trial court erred in refusing to consider a permanent alimony award to an engineer following a gray area marriage to a medical doctor, in significant part, based on income disparity
  • holding that a 15-year marriage fell within the gray area of marriages
  • holding that a 15-year marriage fell within the gray area of marriages
  • “Personal or career sacrifices of a spouse during the period the other spouse achieves superior earning power should weigh in favor of an award of permanent alimony.”
  • “[A]n award of lump sum alimony for support of a spouse is to be made only when unusual circumstances exist which would require a nonmodifiable award of support.”
  • permanent periodic alimony must place the movant in substantially the same financial position

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Judges: Antoon

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