Bresky Law Obtains Ruling Dispensing With Evidentiary Hearing Upon Remand Following Appellate Win

Bell v. Bell, 502007DR002692XXXXSB Case No. 4D10-5122 This was a divorce case with several contested issues regarding the parties’ marital and non-marital assets. Our client, the former wife, appealed the final judgment of dissolution of marriage. The former husband cross-appealed. Our client’s main issues were (1) the trial court’s failure to award her half of the...

Bresky Law Obtains Reversal of Order Dismissing Nursing Home Abuse Case

Kaufman v. FS Tenant Pool III Trust Case No. 4D10-5122 We represented an elderly plaintiff who brought suit against a nursing home, through her daughter as power of attorney. Our client alleged multiple abuses by the nursing home in violation of its duty of care pursuant to sections 400.022(1), (2)(n) and (2)(o), Florida Statutes. Our client’s...

Law Office of Robin Bresky Obtains Reversal Where The Trial Court Excluded Stocks As Marital Income, Failed To Identify Marital Property In Jamaica, and Abused Its Discretion In The Parenting Plan

Preudhomme v. Bailey Case No. 4D10-3262 Our firm challenged the trial court’s final judgment on behalf of a former wife claiming that the lower court erred in dividing the assets, calculating income of the husband, awarding an inadequate amount of alimony, calculating child support payable by the wife, and including overly restrictive parenting provisions. The case...

Bresky Law Obtains Reversal of Child Support Order to Award Mother Her Child’s Uncovered Medical Expenses

Judkins v. Dep’t of Revenue and Jose Briceno Case No. 4D10-4579 We represented a mother in her appeal from the Department of Revenue’s child support order. The mother had sought an order requiring the father of her child to pay child support. Specifically, the mother’s application for child support enforcement sought financial contribution from the father...

Bresky Law Obtains Reversal of Fee Award Against Former Wife Awarded Based on Rejection of a Settlement Offer

Hallac v. Hallac Case No. 4D10-4450 We represented a former wife in an appeal from the trial court’s order on opposing motions for attorney’s fees following trial. Early in the dissolution of marriage case, our client had rejected the former husband’s settlement offer and made a counteroffer. The case proceeded to trial and our client obtained...

Bresky Law Obtains Affirmance of Summary Judgment Against Apartments That Sought to Evict Residents

Canterbury Apartments, Inc. v. Sokol, Case No. 10-21735 CACE (26); L.T. Case No. 09-7287 COCE (53) We represented the tenants of a unit of a co-operative apartment building. Prior to our involvement in the case, the apartment building management filed suit against our clients alleging five separate violations of the lease, corporation by-laws, and rules and...

Bresky Law Obtains Remand For Former Wife to Pursue Past-Due Alimony

Drdek v. Drdek, Case No. 4D10-3082 We represented a former wife who originally filed a motion for contempt shortly after the parties divorced, due to the former husband’s non-payment of alimony despite his recent receipt of significant income from social security. The trial court adopted the magistrate’s recommendation to deny former wife’s motion because the parties’...

Bresky Law Obtains Per Curiam Affirmance of Order Dismissing Former Husband’s Petition For Modification of Alimony

Rice v. Rice Case No. 4D10-2523 We represented a former wife whose trial counsel succeeded in getting her former husband’s petition for modification of alimony dismissed, as well as attorney’s fees as a sanction. The parties had divorced in 2005 and entered into a Marital Settlement Agreement whereby the former husband paid the former wife alimony....

Insureds’ Entitlement to Attorney’s Fees Resolved – Win at the Fourth District Court of Appeal

Rahabi v. FIGA Case No. 4D10-846* The issue on appeal was whether our clients were entitled to an award of attorney’s fees because FIGA affirmatively denied our clients’ claim under the insurance policy prior to paying the appraisal award. Our clients’ roof was damaged by Hurricane Wilma in 2005. Our clients sought coverage under the...

Reversal Where Trial Court Did Not Properly Enforce Previous Fourth District Court of Appeal Mandate

Shinitzky v. Shinitzky Case No. 4D10-137 We represented a former husband whose marriage was dissolved by a final judgment in 2007. The final judgment ordered the former wife to pay our client half "of the value" of certain investment accounts held by the parties. The former wife appealed. The trial court denied the former wife's motion...