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531 So. 2d 1060

531 So.2d 1060

13 Fla.L.Weekly 2314

Borges v. Borges

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 11, 1988

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1988-10-11

Relies on 382 So. 2d 1197 - Canakaris v. Canakaris · Satanonchai v. Satanonchai

Decided 1988-10-11

PER CURIAM.

¶1We agree with the appellant husband that this case is controlled by Satanonchai v. Satanonchai, 522 So.2d 1030 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988). The effect of awarding the marital home — the parties’ sole asset — to the wife as lump sum alimony was to force the disabled husband from a state of bare survival to relative impoverishment. A distribution of marital property that creates such an inequitable impact constitutes an *1061abuse of discretion. Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197 (Fla.1980).

¶2On remand the court should award the wife exclusive use and possession of the home until the minor child reaches majority and order Mr. Borges to pay $25 per week as child support.

¶3REVERSED AND REMANDED.

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