PAULK v. PAULK

No. BO-37.

504 So.2d 790 (1987)

Louise PAULK, Appellant, v. Rayburn PAULK, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 1, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graham Clarke, of Staats, Overstreet & White, Panama City, for appellant.

William J. Mongoven, Chipley, for appellee.


WENTWORTH, Judge.

Appellant, former wife, seeks review of an order dismissing her petition for modification of rehabilitative alimony. She contends the trial court erred in dismissing the petition for lack of jurisdiction. We agree, and reverse, finding that because the petition was filed before the end of the rehabilitative period specified in the final judgment of dissolution, it was timely filed, and the court had jurisdiction to consider its merits.

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