Davis v. Davis

VILLANTI, Judge,

Specially concurring.

I write to point out that most of the basis for this appeal could have been avoided had the trial court had in place *120more effective procedures for dealing with unauthorized ex parte communications and for communicating with the parties before issuing its ruling.

In this case, a friend of Heidi Susan Davis (the Wife) sent the trial court a letter admonishing the trial court for what the friend, and apparently the Wife, anticipated would be a ruling denying permanent alimony. The Wife, her friend, and Steven Michael Davis (the Husband) anticipated this ruling…