Bayliss v. Bayliss

ORFINGER, Chief Judge.

The former husband appeals from the final judgment of dissolution of marriage, contending that the trial court erred in failing to recognize his special equity in a jointly held stock brokerage account, and in awarding permanent alimony to the wife.

The trial court, relying on this court’s opinion in Wright v. Wright, 388 So.2d 1319 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980) (Wright I), held when the husband established the jointly-owned stock account, a presumption arose that any funds therein previously owned by him and placed in the account constituted a gift to the wife, and that the…