BLANKENSHIP v. BLANKENSHIP

No. 86-131.

502 So.2d 1002 (1987)

Larry Lee BLANKENSHIP, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Kay Joanne BLANKENSHIP, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Russell Hornsby and Scott L. Sterling, of Law Offices of J. Russell Hornsby, P.A., Orlando, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Tanya M. Plaut, P.A., Orlando, for appellee/cross-appellant.


COWART, Judge.

Because of the broad discretion allowed the trial judge under Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197 (Fla. 1980), we affirm the distribution and alimony awards in this case as against appeals by both parties, but reverse the award of attorney's fees to the wife (and deny attorney's fees on appeal) because the distribution of marital assets in this case was equal, or unequal in favor of the wife, who left the...

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