Case Title: Sherrie Lleo Abraham v. George Abraham

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC95-799

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2000-11-16T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC95799
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SHERRIE LLEO ABRAHAM,
Petitioner,
vs.
GEORGE ABRAHAM,
Respondent.
[November 16, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We initially accepted review of the decision in Abraham v. Abraham, 730 So.
2d 746 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999), based on alleged express and direct conflict under
article V, section 3(b)(3) of the Florida Constitution.  Upon further consideration,
we find that jurisdiction was improvidently granted.  Accordingly, we hereby
dismiss review of this cause.
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING and QUINCE, JJ., concur.
ANSTEAD, J., dissents with an opinion, in which PARIENTE and LEWIS, JJ.,
concur.
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NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ALLOWED.
ANSTEAD, J., dissenting.
Because I conclude that we properly accepted jurisdiction on the basis of a
conflict between the decision rendered below, Abraham v. Abraham, 730 So. 2d
746 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999), and the decisions in Wall v. Johnson, 80 So. 2d 362 (Fla.
1955), and Martin v. Lenahan, 658 So. 2d 119 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995), I would not
discharge jurisdiction.  Indeed, the majority opinion below candidly acknowledges
“contrary authority for requiring restitution,” Abraham, 730 So. 2d at 747, placing
this case in the unique and limited category of cases demonstrating conflict on the
face of the opinion.
PARIENTE and LEWIS, JJ., concur.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - 
Direct Conflict
Third District - Case No. 3D98-1939 
(Dade County)
Deborah Marks of Abrams, Etter & Marks, P.A., Miami, Florida,
for Petitioner
Arnold R. Ginsberg of Ginsberg & Schwartz, Miami, Florida; and Paul H. Bass,
P.A., Coral Gables, Florida,
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for Respondent
M. Katherine Ramers, Dunedin, Florida,
for The Florida Bar Family Law Section, Amicus Curiae