STANLEY v. STANLEY

Nos. 4D98-3826, 4D99-1063.

756 So.2d 210 (2000)

Byron L. STANLEY, Appellant, v. Karen STANLEY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 19, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynne K. Hennessey of Lynne K. Hennessey, P.A., Boca Raton, and Donald R. Spadaro, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Nancy Little Hoffmann of Nancy Little Hoffmann, P.A., Pompano Beach, and Steven W. Effman of Frank, Effman & Weinberg, P.A., Plantation, for appellee.


OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., Senior Judge.

Appellee, appellant's former wife, was awarded judgment for child support arrearage. Because we find that under the facts of this case it was an abuse of discretion to award arrearage for the fourteen months during which appellee retained the physical custody of the children in willful and persistent defiance of a court order transferring custody of the children to appellant, we reverse that portion of the judgment, as well as...

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