09-3709 MATTHEW G. DAWSON, v. JANE M. DAWSON

State: Florida

Court: Florida First District Court

Docket No: 09-3709

Case Date: 04/26/2010

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA MATTHEW G. DAWSON, Appellant, v. JANE M. DAWSON, Appellee. _____________________________/ Opinion filed April 26, 2010. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County. Thomas R. Santurri, Judge. Matthew G. Dawson, pro se. Gregory D. Smith, Gregory D. Smith, P.A., Pensacola, for Appellee. NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED CASE NO. 1D09-3709

PER CURIAM. Matthew G. Dawson appeals an order holding him in contempt for disobeying the Final Judgment of Dissolution awarding the marital home to Jane M. Dawson as part of the equitable distribution scheme. The trial court found Mr. Dawson "knowingly and willfully in contempt of" the Final Judgment for failing to

execute a quit claim deed releasing his interest in the marital home. The court appointed a special master to execute the deed and ordered Mr. Dawson to pay his former wife's attorney's fees and costs incurred in the enforcement action. We reverse the order because the Final Judgment effectively conveyed Mr. Dawson's interest in the marital home to his former wife and did not direct him to execute a quit claim deed. See

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