SMITH v. SMITH (1997)

District Court of Appeal of Florida,Fifth District.

Steven Daniel SMITH, Appellant, v. Rebecca Jane SMITH, Appellee.

No. 96-2416.

Decided: March 27, 1997

Peter Cushing, Orlando, for Appellant. Henry L. Perla, Orlando, for Appellee.

The judgment of dissolution of marriage is reversed, except for that portion dissolving the marriage, based on the trial court's failure to make the specific findings of fact mandated by subsection 61.08(1), Florida Statutes (1995). See Rausch v. Rausch, 680 So.2d 624 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996). We note that there is no provision in the law for “nonmodifiable permanent alimony” and order that provision stricken upon remand.¹

REVERSED and REMANDED with instructions.

FOOTNOTES

1. The final judgment was signed by the Honorable Robert M. Evans, Circuit Judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit.

PER CURIAM.

W. SHARP, GOSHORN and ANTOON, JJ., concur.

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