Welch v. Welch, 96-01120

CourtFlorida District Court of Appeals
Writing for the CourtPER CURIAM; PARKER, A.C.J., and FULMER, J., and MENENDEZ, MANUEL, Jr.
CitationWelch v. Welch, 685 So.2d 895 (Fla. App. 1996)
Decision Date20 November 1996
Docket NumberNo. 96-01120,96-01120
Parties21 Fla. L. Weekly D2506 James A. WELCH, Appellant, v. Sandri WELCH, Appellee.

Geneva Forrester of Law Offices of Geneva Forrester, St. Petersburg, for Appellant.

Steven W. Hair of Law Office of Steven W. Hair, P.A., Clearwater, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

In this dissolution of marriage action, the husband appeals the alimony and special equity awarded to the wife. We affirm the final judgment. However, one issue raised by the husband merits discussion. The husband argues that the court awarded an unspecified amount of rehabilitative alimony by ordering him to pay "all tuition charges incurred during [the wife's] course of education in interior design for a period of two years." The rehabilitation plan presented by the wife included a request for tuition in an amount ranging between $12,000 and $17,000. Because the trial court's award is limited by the evidence presented, we conclude that the final...

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1 cases
  • Sharon v. Sharon
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • November 21, 2003
    ...rehabilitative alimony should have included the costs of training based upon the evidence presented by the parties. See Welch v. Welch, 685 So.2d 895 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996). Therefore, we reverse the portion of the judgment granting rehabilitative alimony to the Wife for the trial court to revi......
1 books & journal articles
  • Appellate Court trends in rehabilitative alimony.
    • United States
    • Florida Bar Journal Vol. 72 No. 3, March 1998
    • March 1, 1998
    ...an important role that some court rulings have actually been limited to the terms of the plan presented to the court. In Welch v. Welch, 685 So. 2d 895 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996), the trial court awarded the wife all tuition charges incurred during her two-year rehabilitation. The Second District l......