5D09-4060 Robertson v. Robertson

State: Florida

Court: Florida Fifth District Court

Docket No: 5D09-4060

Case Date: 01/16/2012

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT JANUARY TERM 2012

LORI ROBERTSON, Appellant, v. JOHN BARON ROBERTSON, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed January 20, 2012. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Donald Grincewicz, Judge. Melanie M. Demps of McMichen, Cinami & Demps, PLLC, Orlando, for Appellant. Cynthia L. Greene of West, Green & Associates, P.A., Orlando, and Law Offices of Greene, Smith & Associates, P.A., Miami, for Appellee. Case No. 5D09-4060

JACOBUS, J. The appellant, Lori Robertson (Former Wife), appeals from the final judgment of dissolution of marriage. The Former Wife raises five issues on appeal. We find four of her arguments are without merit. proceedings. However, one issue requires remand for further

The parties were married in June of 1997. Approximately ten days prior to the wedding, John Robertson (Former Husband) registered a domain name in his name in order to develop a website. After the parties were married, the Former Husband

continued to work on his website, and it became the business from which the family derived the majority of its income. At the time of the breakup of the marriage, the website was grossing substantial sums of money. The trial court correctly found that the domain name and the website business were the nonmarital property of the Former Husband because the domain name had been registered and website development had begun prior to the marriage. See

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