HomeMy WebLinkAbout0497 satisfaction of the balance due from one to the other thereunder
shall be made within thirty (30) days from the date of this Judgment.
.12. To facilitate division of the property as hereinabove
described, each of the parties is hereby directed to execute and
deliver to the other contemporaneously at a time mutually agreeable
to them, but no later than thirty (30) days from the date of this
Judgment, appropriate Quit-Claim Deeds conveying the respective
grantor's interest in and to the real property awarded to the respec-
tive grantee, failing which this Judgment shall itself act as a
conveyance to the respective party to whom Che parcels of real
praperty have been awarded as above set forth. ~
13. As to the matter of Respondent's request for attorney's
fees, the Court finds from,the evidence that the husban~ is guilty .
of vexatious. wanton and oppressive conduct, thus justifying the
application of the court's inherent equitable authority. The Court
therefore awards the wife the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000.00)
Dollars to apply toward her attorney's fees, said sum to be paid
by the husband within six.(6) months from the date of this Judgment.
(See Vaughan v. Atkinson, 369 U.S.527, 82 S.Ct. 997, 8 L.Ed.2d 88
(1962); F.D. Rich Co. v. Industrial Lumber Co., Inc. (1974) 417
U.S. 116, 129, 94 S.Ct. 2157, 40 L.Ed2d 703; Hall v. Cole (1973) 412
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U.S. 1, 5, 93 S.Ct. 1943, 1946, 36 L.Ed.2d 702. Carter v. Noble, Sth
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~ Cir., 526 Fed.2d 677 (1976); Thonen v: Jenkins, 4th Cir., 517 Fed.2d
` 3(1975); Doe v. Poelker, 8th Cir., 5.15 Fed.2d 541 (1976).
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. 14. Taxable costs be and the same are hereby awarded to
the Respondent, MARY ELLEN JOHNSON, Co be set by further Order of
this Court upon Motion, Notice and Hearing, unless the parties by
stipulation agree to the amount to be taxed.
15. Petitioner and Respondent be and they hereby are
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permanently restrained and enjoined from any action or conduct of
~ interferix~g with, harrassing, annoying or molesting, the other.
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~ 16. All Orders heretofore entered in this cause are merged
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~ in or superseded by the provisions of this Final Judgment.
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~ DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Fort Pierce, St. Lucie
County, Florida, this 28th day of March,- 1978. _
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Copies furnished to: ' ~ CC
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George H. Bailey, Esq. ~
Errol S. Willes, Esq.
William C. Owen~ Jr. , Esq. gQ~ 4 P~',~
Vzr,c~nt A. Lloyd, Esq _
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