GILBERT v. GILBERT

Nos. 83-501, 83-821.

447 So.2d 299 (1984)

Fenton L. GILBERT, Appellant, v. Betty J. GILBERT, Appellee. SOUTHEAST BANK, N.A., Formerly Known As Southeast Bank Trust Company, Appellant, v. Betty J. GILBERT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearings Denied March 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Helm Spalding of Lewis & Spalding, Sarasota, for appellant Fenton L. Gilbert.

George R. McLain of Harnden, McLain, Spivey & Dart, Chartered, Sarasota, for appellant Southeast Bank.

Arthur D. Ginsburg of Ginsburg, Byrd, Jones & Dahlgaard, Sarasota, for appellee Betty J. Gilbert.


GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge.

Among other points, this appeal poses, for the first time in Florida, the question of whether the assets of a spendthrift trust may be garnished for arrearages in alimony.

In the judgment of dissolution, the court ordered the husband to pay permanent periodic alimony of $2,500 per month and lump sum alimony in the amount of $35,000 payable in six-month installments of $3,500. The court also required that he be responsible for reasonable...

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