HomeMy WebLinkAbout0286 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT JULY TERM 1980
NOT FINAL U~1T1L TIME EXPIRES
MARY ELLEN JOHNSON, TO FILE REHFAR1tiG PETITION
AND. iF Fli_ED, DISPOSED OF.
Appellant/Cross-Appellee.
v. CASE NO. 78-1183.
ALEXANDER LEO JOHNSON, JR.,
Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
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Opinion filed August 27, 1980
Appeal from the Circuit Court for
St. Lucie County, Philip G. Nourse,
Judge.
Marjorie D. Gadarian of Jones & Foster,
P.A., West Palm Beach, and Willes, Bittan
& Willes, Fort Pierce, for appellant/
cross-appellee.
Vincent A. Lloyd of Lloyd & Brown, Fort
Pierce, and William C. Owen, Jr., of
Cone, Owen, Wagner, Nugent, Johnson &
McKeown, P.A., Tequesta, for appellee/ '
cross-appellant.
BERANEK, J.
This is an appeal by the wife and cross-appeal by the
husband from a final judgment of dissolution of marriage. The
wife seeks review of the division of certain real estate holdings
and the amount of child support. Husband challenges the court's
award of costs and attorneys' fees. We affirm.
The parties were married in 1953 and separated in
~ 1976. During the marriage, three children were born, and at the
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time of the final hearing, the 15-year old daughter was residing
with the wife. The other children had reached majority and no
longer resided with their parents. Both the husband and wife were
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47 years old at the time of the hearing.
The parties had a high standard of living and were
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well off financially. In 1956 the husband had purchased an auto-
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