Rovenger v. Rovenger, 84-752
| Decision Date | 09 July 1985 |
| Docket Number | No. 84-752,84-752 |
| Citation | 474 So.2d 286,10 Fla. L. Weekly 1676 |
| Parties | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1676 Mara ROVENGER, Appellant, v. Scott E. ROVENGER, Appellee. |
| Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
Bercuson, Cahan, Weksler & Lasky, Miami, and Bernard Weksler, Coral Gables, for appellant.
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart and Jeffrey Allen Tew and Robert B. Galt, III, Miami, for appellee.
Before HUBBART, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.
By this appeal from a final judgment dissolving a five-year marriage, the wife claims that she was short-changed in several respects.
We consider the facts pertinent to the claimed inadequacy of the alimony award.Appellee-husband is a thirty-year-old attorney whose one-third interest in a law firm is valued at $300,000.Appellant-wife holds a Bachelor of Arts degree but has not earned more than $275 per week during the course of the marriage.Appellant was awarded, pursuant to the judgment of dissolution, exclusive use of the condominium marital-domicile which has a $55,000 mortgage, an Audi automobile which has a $10,000 remaining payoff balance, the household furnishings, and primary custody of the one-year-old child of the marriage.She was also given responsibility for one-half of the mortgage and automobile payments.At the time of the dissolution, appellant was not working and testified that she had no plans to resume work after the child was born.
Appellant estimated her monthly expenses, inclusive of the mortgage payments, car payments, food, clothing, and baby-sitter,...
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