Eickhoff v. Eickhoff

Although I concur fully in the affirmance of the judgment in Case No. S93X0933, I cannot otherwise concur with the majority’s opinion because I cannot agree with the majority that an agreement in which issues such as child custody, child support, and alimony are settled should be treated as a conventional business contract enforceable by an action on a debt in those instances where the parties failed to have the agreement incorporated into their divorce decree. The majority gives no weight to the subject matter of these agreements — indeed, it dismisses as merely serendipitous the fact that…