Legal Opinion

Brody v. Poliakoff

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 19, 1997No. 96-0514PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COPE, Judge.

In this case the former wife appeals the trial court’s denial of her request to execute upon the shares of the former husband’s professional association. We reverse.

Betty Brody and Steven Poliakoff were divorced in 1990. Pursuant to the final judgment of dissolution the court ordered Polia-koff to pay child support and alimony. In 1992, Brody sought to have Poliakoff held in contempt for failure to pay the ordered support. Following a seven-day trial, the court found that Poliakoff had the ability to pay and that he had wilfully failed to do so.1 The trial court held Poliakoff in…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Street v. SugermanSupreme Court of Florida · 1967
  2. Young, Stern & Tannenbaum, PA v. ErnstDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Lehtinen v. Drs. Lehtinen, Mervart & West, Inc.Ohio Supreme Court · 2003
  2. J.B. Harris, P.A. v. Virage Capital Management LPDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2024

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