Alejandro O. Anton appeals a finding of indirect criminal contempt and
order of commitment alleging that the trial court failed to comply with the
requirements set forth in Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.840. We agree and
reverse.

Rule 3.840 sets forth the procedural safeguards that a court must enforce
prior to the imposition of a sentence for indirect criminal cont

Todd Boese appeals the final judgment that dissolves his marriage to Andrea Boese. We affirm the final judgment and write only to clarify that the language of the final judgment requiring the parties to share the cost of uncovered medical expenses in their proportional shares shall control over the language in the parenting plan that inadvertently required Mr. Boese to pay all of those expenses. T

Appellants Okon Eyong Onyung, M.D., The Law Offices of Yuen & Associates, P.C., The Law Offices of Yuen & Associates, PLLC, and Xenos Yuen appeal from a final judgment entered on two cases that were consolidated for a trial by jury. In one of the cases, Dr. Onyung sued appellees Comfort Nkasi Onyung (Dr. Onyung’s wife, hereinafter referenced as Mrs. Onyung), Christine Enebong Onyung (the On

In this marital dissolution appeal, we cut through a jurisdictional jungle to determine whether the Douglas County District Court, the Lancaster County District Court, or the Douglas County Juvenile Court had jurisdiction over the action. After the Douglas County District Court dismissed the original dissolution action for lack of prosecution, the appellant, Richard L. Molczyk, Jr., moved to reins

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation and Zurich North American (the employer) appeal the district court’s ruling, which affirmed the commutation decision of the workers’ compensation commissioner. The deputy commissioner granted Johnie Eakins’s request for a partial commutation of his workers’ compensation benefits, awarding him a lump sum amount rather than weekly benefi

Christopher Hawxby challenges the district court’s refusal to change the physical care arrangement for his three-year-old son. Christopher sought to modify the stipulated custody decree when MeKenzie Hans announced her plan to move with their son from Polk County to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. On appeal Christopher contends the custodial parent should bear the burden to show moving to anothe

Thomas Frederick appeals from the decree dissolving his marriage to Kimberly Frederick. He contends the district court erred in awarding Kimberly spousal support. Because the evidence supports the award, we affirm.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

Thomas and Kimberly were married on February 25, 2010. This is the parties’ second marriage to each other. They were marrie

Can a male employer terminate a female employee because the employer’s wife, due to no fault of the employee, is concerned about the nature of the relationship between the employer and the employee? This is the question we are required to answer today. For the reasons stated herein, we ultimately conclude the conduct does not amount to unlawful sex discrimination in violation of the Iowa Ci

This defamation case concerns Mind, Body and Soul, a book written by Scott Weier. In the author’s words, the book is “based on my life.” It discusses Scott’s personal transformation, largely through his relationship with God, following his divorce “on bad terms” from his first wife. Scott’s ex-wife and her father concluded the book falsely accused them

[¶1.] On July 12, 2011, the trial court granted Kevin Schieffer and Carmen Schieffer a divorce on grounds of irreconcilable differences. In its judgment and decree of divorce, the trial court denied Carmen’s request to relocate to New York City with the minor children, granted Kevin and Carmen joint legal and physical custody of the minor children, implemented a custody schedule, ordered

Joseph Lloyd Soelberg appeals from the entry of summary judgment in favor of Annette Lloyd Davidson on a claim for a breach of a divorce settlement contract that required Soelberg to make monthly spousal support payments to Davidson. Soelberg asserts that summary judgment was erroneous for various reasons, all relating to whether the underlying contract was merged into the parties’ divorce

Michael McClain, the husband, appeals from the portion of the final
judgment of dissolution of marriage that granted permanent periodic alimony to
Madlen McClain, the wife. Because the wife never asked for alimony in her
pleadings, we vacate the portion of the final judgment of dissolution which
awarded alimony.

The husband filed a petition for dissolution of marriage seek

In the case under review, we are required to interpret the provisions of a marital settlement agreement (MSA) which apportioned the military retirement benefits of Henry Toussaint, the former husband, appellee. Norma Toussaint, the former wife, appeals a final order interpreting the subject provision of the MSA, described by the trial court as unambiguous, to limit the portion of the military reti

Family Code section 3047 is intended to protect the parental rights of deployed service members and to promote the expeditious resolution of custody disputes in deployment situations.1 The statute establishes a presumption that a service member returning from military service should regain his or her pre-deployment custody of a child, unless the court determines it is not in the child’s bes

Following more than 20 years of marriage and two years of separation, respondent Mary L. Campi (Mary)1 filed for a dissolution of the parties‟ marriage in May 2003. For more than the next seven years, the parties litigated some issues and stipulated to others. They finally disposed of all remaining disputes with a one-day trial that ended on December 9, 2010, and this appeal followed.

Appellant, Andrea Fitzgerald, filed both a motion to enforce possession or access and a motion to transfer venue from Galveston County to Harris County pursuant to the mandatory transfer provision of the Texas Family Code. See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 155.201(b) (West 2008). In an order dated January 6, 2012, the trial court dismissed Andrea’s motion for enforcement of possession or access

Appellant Gerald Byron Barras appeals from a final decree of divorce ordering him to pay appellee Leslea Loring Barras $125,000, to be represented by a promissory note and secured by a deed of trust against Gerald’s separate property, and ordering his separate estate to reimburse the community estate for $154,073 as part of the property division. On appeal, Gerald argues that (1) the trial

CBS Outdoor, Inc. appeals the trial court’s rendition of judgment after a jury trial on Larry E. Potter’s claim of breach of contract against CBS Outdoor. In eight issues, CBS Outdoor argues (1) the trial court erred in granting Potter’s motion for summary judgment on liability and denying its cross-motion for summary judgment claiming that Potter’s breach of contract c

¶1 Tamara Turner Dobson (Wife) appeals the trial court’s Decree of Divorce and Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, which awarded Wife physical and legal custody of the parties’ two minor children and alimony for twenty years and two months. On appeal, Wife argues that the trial court abused its discretion in awarding the sum of $800 per month in alimony. We affirm in part, an

¶1 Petitioner Noel C. Gardner (Husband) appeals the district court’s denial of his petition to modify his divorce decree as well as its decision not to hold Respondent Mary E. Gardner (Wife) in contempt for violating a hold harmless provision within the divorce decree. We reverse and remand.

BACKGROUND

¶2 Husband and Wife married in 1984. Husband filed for divorce in 199

[¶1] Appellant, Jeffrey Arnott (Father), challenges the district court’s order denying his petition for modification of the parties’ divorce decree, which granted primary physical custody of the parties’ two daughters to Appellee, Paula (“Polly”) Arnott (Mother).

Father sought modification of custody after Mother gave notice of her intention to relocate t

Howard L. Hibbard (Howard) appeals from an order denying a modification of his obligation to pay his former wife, Lydia H. Hibbard (Lydia), spousal support of $2,000 per month. When the parties, who are both lawyers, divorced, their written agreement required Howard to pay to Lydia spousal support in an amount of $4,000 per month, and it allowed for a downward modification under certain limited ci

Lee D. Harbert appeals from a judgment ordering him to pay $92,000 in attorney fees and costs as sanctions pursuant to Family Code section 271.1 He contends: (1) the court‟s “finding of objective unreasonableness constitutes prejudicial error;” (2) insufficient evidence supports the award of sanctions; and (3) the application of section 271 violates his federal and state constitu

Dennis Cooley (the Former Husband) timely appeals the final judgment of dissolution of his marriage to Amy Lynn Cooley (the Former Wife). We reverse for the circuit court to correct the period of the durational alimony award to reflect the length of the marriage. We affirm as to the remaining issues.

The circuit court awarded durational alimony of $3000 per month for a period of 192 months.

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. Mother appeals from a final divorce order granting father parental rights and responsibilities for the parties’ two children and giving mother parent-child contact in stages beginning with supervised contact with progression through the stages determined by the children’s medical and mental health providers. Mother argues that the order impermissibly