362 So. 2d 1007
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided September 27, 1978
District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1978-09-27
Key passage — most relied on by later courts
“[T]here can be no head of a family when there is no family. If Section 222.11, Florida Statutes (1977), is to be expanded to provide an exemption for those divorced husbands who are required to support their former wives then I believe this to be the prerogative of the Legislature... .”
quoted by 1 later decision, including 387 So. 2d 960 - Killian v. Lawson
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Decided 1978-09-27
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently January 2015
2 state decisions
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¶1dissenting:
¶2I respectfully dissent. In my opinion there can be no head of a family when there is no family. If Section 222.11, Florida Statutes (1977) is to be expanded to provide an exemption for those divorced husbands who are required to support their former wives then I believe this to be the prerogative of the Legislature. I would reverse.