WALIA v. THOMAS

Nos. 4D00-2259, 4D00-2260.

805 So.2d 1041 (2002)

Sonia Surinder WALIA, f/k/a Sonia Thomas, Appellant, v. Joseph J. THOMAS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied February 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira C. Hatch of Hatch & Doty, PA., Vero Beach, for appellant.

Jane Kreusler-Walsh and Rebecca J. Mercier of Jane Kreusler-Walsh, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Noel A. Bobko of McCarthy Summers Bobko Wood Sawyer & Perry, P.A., Stuart, for appellee.


GROSS, J.

The result in this divorce case largely turned on the credibility of the parties, which was the exclusive province of the trial judge. See, e.g., Adinolfe v. Adinolfe, 718 So.2d 369, 370 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). One significant finding of the trial court was that both parties were willing "to lie whenever they felt it was in their best interest." There is much support in the record for the judge's conclusion. For example...

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