Case Name: Harry J. GERSTEN, Appellant, v. Barbara L. GERSTEN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-06-21
Citations: 433 So. 2d 57
Docket Number: No. 82-2295
Parties: Harry J. GERSTEN, Appellant, v. Barbara L. GERSTEN, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 433
Pages: 57–58

Head Matter:
Harry J. GERSTEN, Appellant, v. Barbara L. GERSTEN, Appellee.
No. 82-2295.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 21, 1983.
Brian R. Hersh, Miami, for appellant.
Gerald J. Tobin and Gary B. Sack, Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We uphold the trial court's rejection of the sixty-eight year old husband's claim of a special equity in the parties' jointly held home. Marsh v. Marsh, 419 So.2d 629 (Fla. 1982). Its $10,000 lump sum alimony award to the forty-six year old wife, who continued her employment throughout their four-year marriage and emerged with a greater net worth than before, was, however, an unjustified abuse of discretion and is therefore reversed. McDonald v. McDonald, 429 So.2d 795 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983); Protto v. Protto, 431 So.2d 671 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983).
Affirmed in part; reversed in part.