LUSTGARTEN v. LUSTGARTEN

No. 4D09-4404.

65 So.3d 85 (2011)

Michael E. LUSTGARTEN, Appellant, v. Patricia LUSTGARTEN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Little Hoffmann of Nancy Little Hoffmann, P.A., Fort Lauderdale , and Karen O'Brien Steger of Steger & Steger, P.A., Stuart, and for appellant.

Siobhan Helene Shea of Siobhan Helene Shea Appellate Practice, Palm Beach, for appellee.


GERBER, J.

The former husband appeals the circuit court's final order holding him in contempt for willfully failing to pay the cost of the former wife's liver transplant. The husband argues that the transplant was not "reasonable and necessary" and that his actions were not willful. We reject the first argument but agree with the second. Thus, we reverse.

The husband and wife entered into a settlement which the court incorporated into a final judgment of dissolution...

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