BACON v. BACON

No. 4D00-4323.

819 So.2d 950 (2002)

Patricia BACON, Appellant, v. Wilton Jackson BACON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Monica I. Salis, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and Cynthia L. Greene of Law Offices of Cynthia L. Greene & Associates, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Howard S. Friedman of Fischler & Friedman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


STONE, J.

The wife appeals from a final judgment of dissolution of marriage on grounds that the trial court's award of permanent periodic alimony was an abuse of discretion. We agree and reverse. The record reflects that not all of the wife's needs were considered in arriving at the court's award of alimony and that the trial court erred in construing the limits of its discretion in awarding alimony under section 61.08, Florida Statutes.

The parties were married...

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