Hancock v. Hancock

OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr. (Retired) Associate Judge.

When the Hancocks’ marriage was dissolved, the judgment incorporated a written property settlement agreement. Ten months later, and pursuant to Rulé 1.540 Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, Mr. Hancock filed a motion to vacate the judgment alleging that the property settlement agreement had been procured by the wife’s fraud, misrepresentation or other misconduct. The former wife countered with a motion for a judgment for amounts then in default, together with attorneys fees. The court’s order on those motions denied Mr. Hancock’s motion to vacate…