RUSZALA v. RUSZALA

No. 77-1446.

360 So.2d 1288 (1978)

Diane Clarise Sizemore RUSZALA, Appellant, v. Gerald Henry RUSZALA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied August 2, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott R. Nabors, Panama City, for appellant.

D.J. Bradshaw of Bradshaw & Mountjoy, Inverness, for appellee.


OTT, Judge.

Appellant/ex-wife appeals several aspects of a final judgment of dissolution of marriage. We agree with her contention that permanent alimony and attorney's fees should have been awarded.

The lower court made no provision for permanent alimony and ordered the ex-husband to pay rehabilitative alimony of $100 per month for 12 months. We hold that such an award under the evidence in this case constituted a gross abuse of discretion.

The ex...

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