Libberton v. Libberton

TJOFLAT, GERALD BARD, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal by a husband from a final judgment which awarded his wife(1) the sum of $101,525.90 as the present value of her inchoate dower in his personal property, mostly securities worth in excess of $500,000.00;(2) the sum of $25,000.00 as the present value of the $500.00 monthly support due her under a routine separation agreement; and(3) $11,000.00 as the fee for her attorneys in the case.

The case developed in this fashion: the parties married on November 29, 1956, in Hollywood, Florida, after a very brief courtship.1 Herbert Libberton was then…