Makechia Robinson n/k/a Makechia McKay v. Nathaniel Robinson, III

Summary

The Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal reviewed a bifurcated dissolution judgment dividing marital assets and liabilities. The court held that the record did not support a finding that the former wife intentionally dissipated marital assets by transferring $5,000 to her daughter for the purchase of Publix stock, reversed that portion of the judgment, ordered an equal division of the marital shares, and affirmed the remainder.

Holdings

1. The trial court erred in finding that Former Wife intentionally dissipated marital assets because the record contained no evidence supporting that finding.
2. Former Wife's challenge to the asset-classification date was unpreserved because she did not first raise the issue in her motion for rehearing or another appropriate motion.
3. The trial court was directed to order a fifty-fifty division of the marital shares.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the trial court erred in finding that Former Wife intentionally dissipated marital assets by transferring $5,000 to her adult daughter for the purchase of Publix stock.
2. Whether the asset-classification-date issue was preserved for appellate review.
3. What equitable-distribution remedy was required after reversal of the dissipation finding.

Disposition

reversed_and_remanded