552 So. 2d 210 - Hamlet v. Hamlet’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “From that point, it follows that it was error to award pure alimony to the wife in addition to the equitable distribution of the investment assets.... As argued in the husband's brief: "An award of alimony, where substantial assets have been equally divided between the two similarly situated spouses, giving them equal and complete ability to provide for their support, constitutes an abuse of discretion and must be reversed."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 583 So. 2d 654 - Hamlet v. Hamlet

2. “From the judgment entered below, it cannot be mathematically ascertained that the trial court equally divided those investments, since there were no specific findings in regard to the value of individual items. Since the trial court found that there was an equitable distribution of these properties, and that finding is not challenged on appeal by either party, we must accept it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 583 So. 2d 654 - Hamlet v. Hamlet

3. “An award of alimony, where substantial assets have been equally divided between the two similarly situated spouses, giving them equal and complete ability to provide for their support, constitutes an abuse of discretion and must be reversed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 583 So. 2d 654 - Hamlet v. Hamlet