338 So. 2d 916 - Brown v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
March 1994
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 309 So. 2d 26 - Lee v. Lee · 113 So. 2d 547 - Kosch v. Kosch · Poe v. Poe · Byrd v. Michael · 118 So. 2d 833 - Weiss v. Weiss
Most-quoted passages
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“In the instant case, the court obviously had jurisdiction over the subject of alimony to the extent of being able to enforce the non-payment thereof through an order of contempt. So long as jurisdiction existed for this purpose, we hold that the court also had jurisdiction to consider a petition for modification directed to obtaining additional alimony pursuant to Section 61.14, Florida Statutes (1975). A spouse who is behind in the payment of alimony can hardly be heard to complain that his wilful failure to carry out his original alimony obligations has had the effect of extending the period of time within which the court is entitled to consider a request for further alimony predicated upon need and the ability to pay. Id. at 918-19 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“to be the accomplishment of what the court had in mind when jurisdiction was reserved in the final judgment. Therefore, in the absence of a further reservation of jurisdiction, we cannot say that the original reservation carried beyond the entry of the 1975 order.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ryan v. Ryan
How this case has been treated — in progress
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