McCARTHY v. McCARTHY

No. 87-2240.

528 So.2d 97 (1988)

James C. McCARTHY, Appellant, v. Catherine J. McCARTHY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. McCarthy, pro se.

Daren L. Shippy of Batchelor and Shippy, P.A., Bonita Springs, for appellee.


RYDER, Acting Chief Judge.

Husband raises several interrelated points in his appeal from the trial court's final judgment of dissolution of marriage. In essence, husband contends that the trial court abused its discretion in finding a special equity in favor of wife because of a loan wife's mother made to the couple jointly. We agree.

"The term `special equity' was created to describe a vested interest in property brought into the marriage or acquired during...

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