Case Name: Paul John BENNETT, Appellant, v. Diane Louise BENNETT, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-01-22
Citations: 378 So. 2d 1351
Docket Number: No. 79-678
Parties: Paul John BENNETT, Appellant, v. Diane Louise BENNETT, Appellee.
Judges: Before PEARSON and SCHWARTZ, JJ., and EZELL, BOYCE F., Jr. (Ret.), Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 378
Pages: 1351–1352

Head Matter:
Paul John BENNETT, Appellant, v. Diane Louise BENNETT, Appellee.
No. 79-678.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 22, 1980.
Anne Peskoe, Miami, for appellant.
Harold Peter Barkas, Miami, for appellee.
Before PEARSON and SCHWARTZ, JJ., and EZELL, BOYCE F., Jr. (Ret.), Associate Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Bennett appeals from an order, adopting a general master's report, which held him in contempt for failure to make child support payments. Since the court and the master made neither of the alternative findings required by Faircloth v. Faircloth, 339 So.2d 650, 651 (Fla.1976) to support an order of contempt, the order is reversed. Hammond v. Sandstrom, 376 So.2d 466 (Fla.3d DCA 1979), and cases cited. In any further proceedings, the appellant should be permitted to present any defense he may have to the application to hold him in contempt. See, e. g., Patterson v. Patterson, 348 So.2d 592 (Fla.1st DCA 1977); Phillips v. Adams, 339 So.2d 665 (Fla.4th DCA 1976).
Reversed.