Manzella v. Manzella

This is an appeal from a final judgment entered in a marriage dissolution action. The wife contends that she was shortchanged because the court distributed various properties to her which were burdened with mortgages and awarded to the husband the ongoing business, Seacoast Sanitation Ltd., Inc. (Seacoast), the only significant income-producing property. We agree and, for the reasons which follow, reverse.

The wife claims that as a result of the distribution to her of the debt-ridden properties she will pass from prosperity to misfortune. See Wagers v. Wagers, 444 So.2d 520 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984)…