Carter v. Carter
In a consolidated dissolution appeal, the Fourth District affirmed the husband's challenges to income calculation, alimony, and marital liabilities, but reversed on the wife's two issues. The court held the trial court abused its discretion in denying retroactive child support where uncontroverted forensic accounting evidence established the child's need and the husband's ability to pay, and held that family photographs and videos stored on the husband's hard drives are marital assets that must be identified and equitably distributed.
Key facts
- Husband and wife consolidated their dissolution appeals from the trial court's rulings on income calculation, alimony, marital liabilities, retroactive child support, and distribution of family photographs and videos stored on the husband's hard drives.
- The trial court denied the wife's request for retroactive child support despite forensic accounting evidence showing the child's need and husband's ability to pay, and did not address the distribution of family photographs and videos that the husband withheld.
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Why it matters
The opinion supplies a citable holding — apparently the first express one in Florida — that family photographs and videos are marital assets subject to equitable distribution, a recurring but rarely litigated point in… — full analysis with a trial
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