Horne v. Horne’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “In Covin v. Covin, 403 So.2d 490 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), the trial court entered an order directing the sale of a marital home without a reservation of jurisdiction in the final judgment of dissolution for such action. The holding in Covin, supra, is dispositive of the case sub judice: [T]here is no statutory authority for the court to retain jurisdiction to enter post-judgment orders determining the property rights of the parties. Sistrunk v. Sistrunk, 235 So.2d 53 (Fla. 4th DCA 1970). Generally, a court has no jurisdiction to modify property rights after an adjudication of those rights has been made in the judgment of dissolution. Mason v. Mason, 371 So.2d 226 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979); Pruitt v. Pruitt, 370 So.2d 813 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979). Property rights not adjudicated on dissolution can be determined at a later time if jurisdiction to do so has been specifically retained, Galbut v. Garfinkl, 340 So.2d 470 (Fla. 1976). The court also retains jurisdiction to enforce any executory provisions contained in a final judgment of dissolution. Hoskin v. Hoskin, 349 So.2d 755 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977); Sapp v. Sapp, 275 So.2d 43 (Fla. 2d DCA 1973); cf. Mason v. Mason, 371 So.2d 226 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brandt v. Brandt