Legal Opinion
Burton v. Burton
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 25, 1984No. 83-1961PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
448 So.2d 1229 (1984)
Eleanor Lucille BURTON, Appellant,
v.
Raymond Harold BURTON, Appellee.
No. 83-1961.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
April 25, 1984.
Marc A. Tenney, St. Petersburg, for appellant.
No appearance by appellee.
OTT, Chief Judge.
In this dissolution of marriage action, the lower court ruled that in the absence of personal service on the appellee it lacked jurisdiction to deal with the title or make any award of the marital home of the parties to appellant. We reverse.
Appellant and appellee were married in 1952. Approximately twelve years ago they purchased the…
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- Duncan v. DuncanSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
- Baker v. BakerDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
- Lahr v. LahrDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
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