Protheroe v. Protheroe

OVERTON, Chief Justice.

Certiorari was initially granted in this cause because of an apparent conflict between the instant decision of the First District Court of Appeal reported at 300 So.2d 748 (Fla.App. 1st 1974), and Chastain v. Chastain, 73 So.2d 66 (Fla.1954), Gamse v. Gamse, 291 So.2d 620 (Fla.App. 3d 1974), and DeFrancisco v. DeFrancisco, 273 So.2d 780 (Fla.App. 2d 1973).

The issue concerns the modification of an award of alimony by termination at a set date without a finding of a change of circumstances by the trial court and its approval by the District Court of Appeal. The trial…