Case Name: Madeline W. COWART, Appellant, v. Lawrence Dempsey COWART, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-11-26
Citations: 390 So. 2d 193
Docket Number: No. UU-86
Parties: Madeline W. COWART, Appellant, v. Lawrence Dempsey COWART, Appellee.
Judges: McCORD, ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr. and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 390
Pages: 193–194

Head Matter:
Madeline W. COWART, Appellant, v. Lawrence Dempsey COWART, Appellee.
No. UU-86.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Nov. 26, 1980.
M. Stephen Turner, of Culpepper, Beatty & Turner, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Nevin J. Zimmerman, of Spear, Bennett, Logue, Burke & Blue, Panama City, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The trial court's judgment on the first issue presented by this appeal, i. e., whether the court erred in awarding the husband a special equity in the wife's interest in certain notes and mortgages and a contract for deed, is AFFIRMED. We do not pass on the merits of the parties' other contentions because the trial court has had no opportunity to consider the merits in the light of Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197 (Fla.1980). In order that the trial court may have that opportunity, we REVERSE the judgment of January 20, 1980 insofar as it deals with money and property issues other than the issue on which we have approved the trial court's judgment, and we REMAND the case for further consideration by the trial court.
AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED.
McCORD, ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr. and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.