964 So. 2d 741 - Levine v. Levine’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “[A] judge possesses broad discretionary authority to do equity between the parties and has available various remedies to accomplish this purpose, including lump sum alimony, permanent periodic alimony, rehabilitative alimony, child support, a vested special equity in property, and an award of exclusive possession of property; these remedies are interrelated; their eventual use in [a] given case makes them part of one overall scheme that must be reviewed by appellate courts as a whole.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 998 So. 2d 4 - Toiberman v. Tisera

2. “[t]he alimony . . . duplicates the child support and should be reduced at least to that extent”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 969 So. 2d 579 - Coniglio v. Coniglio