West Palm Beach Divorce Attorneys Win on Appeal
The West Palm Beach Divorce Lawyers of Nugent & Zborowski are West Palm Beach Appellate Attorneys, and are also Boca Raton Divorce Attorneys, Delray Beach Divorce Attorneys and Palm Beach Gardens Divorce Lawyers. The firm’s practice is limited to divorce and family law matters, including modifications of divorce decrees, domestic violence cases, and grandparents’ and fathers’ rights cases.
On December 29, 2010, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal issued an opinion in favor of the firm’s Client in Glass v. Glass, No. 4D09-2791 (Fla. 4th DCA Dec 29, 2010).
In Glass, the parties had previously entered into a marital settlement agreement that provided the former husband would pay non-modifiable alimony to the firm’s client. In 2008, the former husband filed a Petition for Modification, seeking a downward modification of his alimony obligation to his former wife.
The problem, of course, was that the former husband previously agreed that alimony would be non-modifiable. Following the Petition for Modification, the lawyers of Nugent & Zborowski succeeded on a Motion for Summary Judgment (the Judge ruled that, as a matter of law, the former husband could not prevail on his Petition for Modification of alimony).
The former husband appealed the trial court’s Order Granting Summary Judgment, arguing that there were questions of fact as to whether the “non-modifiable” alimony was in fact modifiable. Thankfully, all three judges on the appellate panel agreed with the West Palm Beach appellate attorneys of Nugent & Zborowski’s position that former husband was barred from seeking to modify his non-modifiable support obligation.
Click West Palm Beach Appellate Attorneys to see the opinion in Glass v. Glass.
The West Palm Beach Divorce Lawyers of Nugent & Zborowski represent clients in mediations, and at the trial and appellate court level in Palm Beach, Martin and Broward Counties. Call 561.844.1200 or click Florida Appellate Attorneys of Nugent & Zborowski if you would like to discuss whether there is merit to appealing the result of your divorce or family law judgment.
Remember that, depending on the circumstances of the order being appealed, you may be required to file a Motion for Rehearing within 10 days of your judgment being issued or a notice of appeal within 30 days of your judgement being rendered.
For additional information visit the firm’s website at www.nugentlawfirm.com.
Filed Under Appellate Opinions, West Palm Beach Divorce Lawyer