Legal Opinion

Meadows v. Bacon

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 5, 1986No. 85-1289PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORFINGER, Judge.

The former husband appeals from an order adjudicating him in civil contempt for failure to pay his portion of a joint Master-card indebtedness as required by the property settlement agreement incorporated into and made a part of the final judgment dissolving the marriage between the parties. We reverse.

Not only is the order procedurally defective because it fails to find that the appellant presently had the ability to comply with the order and willfully failed to do so, Bowen v. Bowen, 471 So.2d 1274 (Fla. 1985), and additionally because it fails to contain a provision by…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bowen v. BowenSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  2. State Ex Rel. Cahn v. MasonSupreme Court of Florida · 1941
  3. Starchk v. WittenbergDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  4. Schminkey v. SchminkeyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  5. Marks v. MarksDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Montanez v. MontanezDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  2. Contella v. ContellaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
  3. Finney v. FinneyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992

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