Case Name: Robert McGRIFF, Appellant, v. Annie McGRIFF, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-04-14
Citations: 396 So. 2d 857
Docket Number: No. 80-1404
Parties: Robert McGRIFF, Appellant, v. Annie McGRIFF, Appellee.
Judges: Before HENDRY, SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 396
Pages: 857–858

Head Matter:
Robert McGRIFF, Appellant, v. Annie McGRIFF, Appellee.
No. 80-1404.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 14, 1981.
Valencia M. Abner and Luis Vidal, Legal Services of Greater Miami, Miami, for appellant.
No appearance, for appellee.
Before HENDRY, SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The order holding the appellant-father McGriff in contempt for failure to make child support payments is reversed because neither the evidence nor the findings in the order comply with the requirements of Faircloth v. Faircloth, 339 So.2d 650 (Fla. 1976). Accord, Hammond v. Sandstrom, 376 So.2d 466, 467 (Fla.3d DCA 1979), and cases cited.
In the light of the clear and unrebutted showing that McGriff's financial circumstances had undergone a substantial change for the worse after the final judgment, we likewise find an abuse of discretion in the denial of his petition to reduce the support award itself. Eisinger v. Eisinger, 95 So.2d 502 (Fla.1957). The cause is remanded to the trial court for determination of the appropriate amount of reduction.
Reversed.