Farrior v. Farrior

I concur with the majority. I write to address Justice Anstead's dissent in which he refers to this Court's "enlightened decision" in Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197 (Fla. 1980), as a reason to uphold the trial court's decision in this case. Dissenting op. at 13. Although Canakaris recognizes the discretion of a trial judge in the difficult decisions often presented in a dissolution case, we also observed in Canakaris that:

The discretionary power that is exercised by a trial judge is not, however, without limitation, and both appellate and trial judges should recognize the concern…