Legal Opinion

Rayess v. Bitar

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 19, 2018No. Case No. 5D18-1894PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Per curiam

The former wife, Mayada Rayess, appeals the final judgment dissolving her marriage to the former husband, Joseph Bitar. Because we do not have a transcript of the proceedings below, we cannot address the former wife's contention that the trial court's decision on the issues of alimony and equitable distribution are without evidentiary support. See Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So.2d 1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979). Thus, we must affirm unless the former wife can demonstrate that "fundamental error appears on the face of the appealed order." Murphy v. Murphy, 948 So.2d 864, 865 (Fla.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Applegate v. Barnett Bank of TallahasseeSupreme Court of Florida · 1979
  2. Murphy v. MurphyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Brown v. BrownDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
  2. Brown v. BrownDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019

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