856 So. 2d 1047 - Coltea v. Coltea’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 2013
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 382 So. 2d 1197 - Canakaris v. Canakaris · 696 So. 2d 697 - Rosen v. Rosen · Boley v. Daniel · Valentine v. Valentine · 68 So. 2d 173 - Schwartz v. Zaconick
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“[P]roceedings under chapter 61 are in equity and governed by basic rules of fairness as opposed to the strict rule of law. See § 61.011, Fla. Stat. (1995) ("Proceedings under this chapter are in chancery."). The legislature has given trial judges wide leeway to work equity in chapter 61 proceedings. See, e.g., § 61.001, Fla. Stat. (1995). Thus, section 61.16 should be liberallynot restrictivelyconstrued to allow consideration of any factor necessary to provide justice and ensure equity between the parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Proceedings under chapter 61 are now recognized as primarily equitable in nature. When specific statutory rules are lacking, chapter 61 reposes discretion in the trial court to achieve the purposes and aims of the statutes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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