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ALCANTARA v. ALCANTARA

No. 3D08-1265.

15 So.3d 844 (2009)

Grace M.P. ALCANTARA, Appellant, v. Arturo Amado ALCANTARA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 29, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margalli Law Office and Cheri A. Shapiro (Key West), for appellant.

Ross & Girten and Lauri Waldman Ross; Richard J. Fowler (Key West), for appellee.

Before WELLS, ROTHENBERG, and LAGOA, JJ.

LAGOA, Judge.

Grace M.P. Alcantara ("wife") appeals from the final judgment dissolving her marriage to Arturo Amado Alcantara ("husband"). Because the trial court abused its discretion in denying the wife's request for permanent periodic alimony, we reverse and remand for an award of permanent alimony. In all other respects, we affirm the final judgment.

During their nineteen-year marriage, the parties had four children of their own and jointly raised the...

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