Case Name: Ronald Stewart TICHENOR, Appellant, v. Rabun N. TICHENOR, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1977-02-18
Citations: 342 So. 2d 845
Docket Number: No. 76-974
Parties: Ronald Stewart TICHENOR, Appellant, v. Rabun N. TICHENOR, Appellee.
Judges: McNULTY, Acting C. J., and GRIMES and OTT, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 342
Pages: 845–846

Head Matter:
Ronald Stewart TICHENOR, Appellant, v. Rabun N. TICHENOR, Appellee.
No. 76-974.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Feb. 18, 1977.
Rehearing Denied March 18, 1977.
Leonard Lubin, St. Petersburg, for appellant.
Lawrence E. Lyman, St. Petersburg, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In this dissolution proceeding the appellant has failed to show that the periodic alimony and child support awards were beyond the ambit of judicial discretion. However, appellant's third point has merit and requires a modification of the judgment.
About two weeks before the parties separated, certain steel buildings were purchased for $19,000 and put in the name of the appellant. Pursuant to the rationale of Toby v. Toby, 280 So.2d 523 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973), and on the premise that the purchase money came from a joint account, the court determined that the appellee was entitled to be reimbursed for one-half the cost of the buildings. Yet, the record only shows that $3,400 of the purchase price came from joint funds. Therefore, the appellee's equitable lien against these buildings must be reduced from $9,500 to $1,700.
The judgment is affirmed as modified herein.
McNULTY, Acting C. J., and GRIMES and OTT, JJ., concur.