Shimek v. Shimek

NIMMONS, Judge.

Appellant husband appeals from a final judgment of dissolution of marriage, alleging that the trial court erred in (1) requiring appellant to secure the payment of alimony by an unencumbered life insurance policy naming the wife as beneficiary; and (2) ordering appellant to pay the wife’s attorney’s fees and costs. We affirm.

This court has recently held that under Section 61.08(3), Florida Statutes (1985),1 a trial court may, where the circumstances so warrant, require a party who is ordered to pay alimony to purchase or maintain a life insurance policy to secure such alimony.…