Case Name: Brendan Gerard SLATTERY, Appellant, v. Allison Pierce SLATTERY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-08-10
Citations: 528 So. 2d 1377
Docket Number: No. 87-3144
Parties: Brendan Gerard SLATTERY, Appellant, v. Allison Pierce SLATTERY, Appellee.
Judges: DOWNEY, GLICKSTEIN and DELL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 528
Pages: 1377–1378

Head Matter:
Brendan Gerard SLATTERY, Appellant, v. Allison Pierce SLATTERY, Appellee.
No. 87-3144.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 10, 1988.
Rodger L. Spink, Hollywood, for appellant.
David T. Price of Price and Byrne, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse and remand the trial court's order ratifying the general master's report. By doing so, we unfortunately exacerbate the children's needs, they being the beneficiaries of the substantial sum of unpaid child support, and also exacerbate the former wife's needs, her student loans not having been paid as required by the former husband.
The trial court failed to comply with Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.490(c), as the former husband filed a timely objection to the reference to a general master. Furthermore, the trial court failed to make an affirmative finding of the former husband's present ability to comply as required by Bowen v. Bowen, 471 So.2d 1274 (Fla.1985), and Faircloth v. Faircloth, 339 So.2d 650 (Fla.1976).
DOWNEY, GLICKSTEIN and DELL, JJ., concur.