Case Name: Mark DAVIS, Appellant, v. Lori DAVIS, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-03-17
Citations: 751 So. 2d 1286
Docket Number: No. 5D99-1913
Parties: Mark DAVIS, Appellant, v. Lori DAVIS, Appellee.
Judges: HARRIS, J. and ORFINGER, M„ Senior Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 751
Pages: 1286–1286

Head Matter:
Mark DAVIS, Appellant, v. Lori DAVIS, Appellee.
No. 5D99-1913.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
March 17, 2000.
Charles W. Willits and Chet Parker, Orlando, for Appellant.
Joel S. Perwin of Podhurst, Orseck, Jo-sefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, for Appellee.

Opinion:
COBB, J.
This appeal by the husband, Mark Davis, challenges the trial court's award of permanent alimony to his wife, Lori Davis. We find no error in the award of permanent alimony, but reverse the automatic future increases in that alimony based upon termination of child support obligations. See Swanston v. Swanston, 746 So.2d 566 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999); Umstead v. Umstead, 620 So.2d 1074 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993); Spanogle v. Spanogle, 376 So.2d 249 (Fla. 5th DCA 1979); Reid v. Reid, 365 So.2d 1050 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978). The better approach would be to consider the respective financial situations of the parties in the future as each child's emancipation occurs. See Stock v. Stock, 693 So.2d 1080 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997).
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; AND REMANDED.
HARRIS, J. and ORFINGER, M" Senior Judge, concur.