Legal Opinion · Dissent

Coristine v. Coristine

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 11, 2011No. 5D08-3724Published

1Dissent

SCHWARTZ, A., Senior Judge,

dissenting.

I do not believe the alleged inability of the mother to bear the financial burden of maintaining the place in which, not only her children but, unusually enough, she herself grew up, constitutes a cognizable “special circumstance” or as is said in Pino v. Pino, 418 So.2d 311, 312 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982), a “good reason” to deprive the family of that home. Not only is the Court’s professed concern about this issue almost entirely speculative, it involves, even if accurate, no more than the rough equivalent of the burdens which will be imposed by a substitute…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Zeller v. ZellerDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  2. Pino v. PinoDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  3. Cabrera v. CabreraDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  4. Martin v. MartinDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
  5. Kohn v. KohnDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982

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