Sasha Benlolo v. Judith Levy

Summary

The Florida Third District Court of Appeal affirmed a final judgment of dissolution of marriage. The court held that the husband's failure to provide transcripts of the relevant hearings prevented appellate review of his challenges, and he did not establish that the judgment was fundamentally erroneous on its face.

Holdings

1. When an appellant fails to provide transcripts or a reconstructed record of the proceedings necessary to evaluate factual and evidentiary challenges, the appellate court cannot review those challenges and must affirm a judgment that is not fundamentally erroneous on its face.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the final judgment failed to conform to an oral settlement allegedly stated on the record at the final hearing.
2. Whether the final judgment improperly failed to incorporate contempt findings made by the general magistrate and adopted by the trial court.
3. Whether the financial obligations imposed by the final judgment exceeded the husband's ability to pay.
4. Whether the appellate court could review these challenges without transcripts of the relevant hearings.

Disposition

affirmed