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KEA v. KEA

No. 1D02-2057.

839 So.2d 903 (2003)

R. Allen KEA, Appellant, v. Debra Kay KEA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 13, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Sol Johnson of Johnson, Green & Miller, Milton, for Appellant.

No appearance for Debra Kay Kea, Appellee.

BROWNING, J.

This is a timely appeal from a final order finding the former husband in contempt for failing to adequately deal with marital debt. We reverse, and hold that the trial court abused its discretion in granting the former wife's motion for contempt because, as Appellant correctly argues, contempt is not the proper remedy for property settlement disputes. See, e.g., Lee v. Lee, 710 So.2d 186, 187 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998...

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