JACOBS v. JACOBS

No. VV-435.

400 So.2d 141 (1981)

Kathleen Ann JACOBS, Appellant, v. Edward Harry JACOBS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Barton, II, of Levin, Warfield, Middlebrooks, Mabie & Magie, Pensacola, for appellant.

O.E. Adams, Sr., Pensacola, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant contends that it was not proper for the trial court, in this dissolution proceeding, to award the husband the wife's one-half interest in the parties' marital home when the husband had no special equity in the home and the award did not constitute lump sum alimony. We agree and reverse.

It is well-established that in a marriage dissolution proceeding, absent any showing by either spouse as to why one should be awarded more than an equal...

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