Legal Opinion · Dissent

Muskin v. Muskin

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 19, 1979No. 78-1319Published

1DissentSchwartz, Judge

By entering judgment on the pleadings for the appellee-husband, the trial judge ruled that, as a matter of law, the agreement between the parties was a “property settlement” which was not subject to modification. I believe that the issue should not have been determined upon the face of the agreement alone, and that, as the court held in the recent case of Coffin v. Coffin, 368 So.2d 105, 107 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979), which is very closely on point, “. . . the parties’ intentions [should] be fully explored at trial See also Cambest v. Cambest, 367 So.2d 686 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979); Friedman v. Friedman,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Coffin v. CoffinDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
  2. Friedman v. FriedmanDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
  3. Cambest v. CambestDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979

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