Zohourian v. Zohourian

The appellant wife Farah Khamesi Zohourian should have been granted additional time for preparation for the final hearing on dissolution of marriage. While reluctant to second guess the trial judge on the denial of a continuance, I conclude that reversal is called for by this court’s decision in a similar case, Bryan v. Bryan, 824 So.2d 920(Fla. 3d DCA 2002).

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The appellee husband Hadi Zohourian and the wife are Iranian nationals who were married in 1979 and have two minor children. They came to the United States in 1998.

The husband is an engineer and successful businessman. In the years…