Parkhurst v. Parkhurst

We hold that the trial court’s decision to adopt the master’s recommendation and continue rehabilitative alimony at $250 per month for an additional forty months constitutes a permissible exercise of the court’s discretion. See Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197 (Fla.1980). Furthermore, the record contains sufficient facts to justify the court’s discretionary decision not to make the award of alimony retroactive to the filing date of the petition for modification. McArthur v. McArthur, 106 So.2d 73 (Fla.1958); cf. Buckley v. Buckley, 343 So.2d 890 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977), appeal dismissed,…