FILKINS v. FILKINS

No. 84-469.

458 So.2d 73 (1984)

Mildred M. FILKINS, Appellant, v. Harry A. FILKINS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 31, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Kwall of Gross & Kwall, Clearwater, for appellant.

Joanne F. Killeen, St. Petersburg, for appellee.


BOARDMAN, Acting Chief Judge.

In this dissolution of marriage proceeding, appellant/wife contends the trial court abused its discretion in failing to award her permanent periodic alimony. We agree and therefore reverse.

The parties were divorced after twenty-nine years of marriage. At the time of dissolution, the husband was a fifty-eight-year-old seaman earning an estimated $45,000 a year. The fifty-seven-year-old...

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