Canakaris v. Canakaris
| Decision Date | 31 January 1980 |
| Docket Number | No. 54124,54124 |
| Citation | 382 So.2d 1197 |
| Parties | Elaine P. CANAKARIS, Petitioner, v. John M. CANAKARIS, Respondent. |
| Court | Florida Supreme Court |
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Mallick v. Mallick
...enacting an equitable distribution statute. See Ch. 1988-98, § 1, Laws of Fla.; § 61.075, Fla. Stat. (Supp. 1988); Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So. 2d 1197, 1201 (Fla. 1980) ; Gardner v. Gardner, 452 So. 2d 981, 983 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984) ("Equitable distribution is a court evolved concept in F......
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Straley v. Frank
...on which I respectfully dissent. In my view, the approach taken by the majority is inconsistent with the ruling in Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197 (Fla.1980), and with the provisions of section 61.16 of the Florida Statutes (1989), which provide that the court may, after considering ......
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Ferguson v. Ferguson, 92-CA-00058
...be found." Parrott v. Parrott, 278 S.C. 60, 292 S.E.2d 182 (1982). Florida preceded South Carolina with this action. Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197 (Fla.1980). West Virginia adopted equitable distribution method in LaRue v. LaRue, 172 W.Va. 158, 304 S.E.2d 312 (1983), 41 ALR 4th 445......
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Murphy v. International Robotic Systems, Inc.
...are issues that are more properly resolved at the trial level, subject to extremely limited review on appeal. 25. In Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197, 1203 (Fla.1980), this Court set forth the standard of review to be employed by an appellate court in reviewing a discretionary act of ......
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27 books & journal articles
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Appellate standards of review.
...by the trial court, then the action is not unreasonable and there can be no finding of an abuse of discretion." Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So. 2d 1197, 1203 (Fla. 1980). Said another way, discretion has been abused where the decision is "arbitrary, fanciful or unreasonable." Delno v. Marke......
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Appellate court trends in rehabilitative alimony: 10 years later.
...the additional relevant factors in your argument for or against an award of rehabilitative alimony. (1) Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So. 2d 1197, 1202 (Fla. 1980) (citing Reback v. Reback, 296 So. 2d 541 (Fla. 3d D.C.A. (2) Victoria Ho & Janiece Martin, Appellate Court Trends in Permanen......
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An update on Florida alimony case law: are alimony guidelines a part of our future? .
...interrupted her education in order to support husband while he was in school (1) Bacon, 819 So. 2d at 954. (2) Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So. 2d 1197 (Fla. (3) Bacon, 819 So. 2d at 956. (4) Ira Mark Ellman, The Maturing Law of Divorce Finances: Toward Rules and Guidelines, 33 FAM. L. Q. 80......
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Alimony and support
...and necessities of life” in the statute is found in prior case law, including the Florida Supreme Court case of Canakaris v. Canakaris , 382 So. 2d 1197, 1201-02 (Fla. 1980), defining the purpose of permanent periodic alimony: “Permanent periodic alimony is used to provide the needs and the......
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