Carroll v. Carroll

This is an appeal from a final judgment of dissolution. The wife argues that she has been “shortchanged” within the meaning of Colucci v. Colucci, 392 So.2d 577, 577 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980), and Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197, 1204 (Fla.1980). We agree and, as a consequence, reverse.

Unlike most dissolution cases this court receives, the instant case is one in which the parties can well afford the economic consequences of dissolution. When the parties were married in 1960, the husband was a law student, and the wife worked as a dental hygienist to help support them. Since 1969 the husband…