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- Title: Stephenson v. Stephenson
- Author : Supreme Court of Florida
- Release Date : January 15, 1951
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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Appellant and appellee were divorced in 1929 in a suit instituted by appellee. Pursuant to the terms of a stipulation between the parties, the final decree required appellant to pay to appellee the sum of $50 per month "as permanent alimony and for the maintenance and support of the infant child of complainant and defendant" until the further order of the court. The child, a daughter, was at that time four years of age. Twenty-one years later, by a petition for a rule to show cause directed to the appellant, the appellee sought to recover the arrearages of alimony and support money alleged to have accrued under the aforementioned decree, to wit, $12,600. The rule was issued; and appellant, who is a resident of North Carolina, defended on the grounds of (1) the statute of limitations, (2) laches, and (3) waiver and estoppel. The trial court heard the evidence of the parties and found for the appellee on all issues. This appeal is from the final decree awarding the appellee the sum of $10,840 as accrued alimony and support money, which sum reflects a credit of $2,060 shown to have been paid by appellant to his daughter and to which we will hereinafter refer.