Case Name: DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, etc. Appellant, v. Gideon Allen ALBRITTON, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-06-05
Citations: 489 So. 2d 228
Docket Number: No. 86-229
Parties: DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, etc. Appellant, v. Gideon Allen ALBRITTON, Appellee.
Judges: UPCHURCH, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 489
Pages: 228–230

Head Matter:
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, etc. Appellant, v. Gideon Allen ALBRITTON, Appellee.
No. 86-229.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
June 5, 1986.
Stanley M. Danek, Div. Atty., and Burton M. Michaels, Asst. Div. Atty., Div. of Retirement, Dept, of Admin., Tallahassee, for appellant.
Nancy Rainey Palmer of Nancy Rainey Palmer, P.A., Casselberry, for appellee.

Opinion:
DAUKSCH, Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of garnishment against appellant requiring it to deduct from its pension payments to Gideon Albritton an amount every month for alimony and pay it to Genevieve Albritton, Gideon's ex-wife. We reverse.
This case is similar to Buzzard v. Buzzard, 412 So.2d 388 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982), rev. den. 419 So.2d 1195 (Fla.1982) where the court held a state pensioner's retirement benefits are exempt from legal process under section 121.131, Florida Statutes (1983). We agree with the reasoning and holding of that case and determine we must reverse the order of garnishment.
REVERSED.
UPCHURCH, J., concurs.
SHARP, J., dissents with opinion.