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Roxanna DENIS, Appellant, v. Carl Edouard DENIS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District2018-08-01No. No. 3D17-1219
252 So. 3d 365

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SCALES, J.

Appellant Roxanna Denis (Wife) challenges three portions of a final judgment dissolving her marriage to appellee Carl Edouard Denis (Husband): (i) the trial courts denial of Wifes claim for either bridge-the-gap or rehabilitative alimony; (ii) the trial courts denial of Wifes claim for attorneys fees; and (iii) the trial courts requiring of Wife to pay one-third of the minor childs uninsured medical and dental expenses.

We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Wifes claims for alimony and attorneys fees, and therefore affirm these determinations without further discussion. With regard to the third issue raised by Wife, however, we reverse and remand to the trial court either to: (i) require Wife to pay only 28.48 percent of the minor childs uninsured medical and dental expenses, or (ii) specify its rationale for requiring the Wife to pay one-third (i.e., 33.33 percent) of these expenses. Husband concedes that, based on Husbands Child Support Guidelines Worksheet, Wifes responsibility for these expenses should be only 28.48 percent rather than the 33.33 percent ordered in the final judgment.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for further proceedings consistent herewith.

To the extent that Wifes argument is based upon the trial courts failure to recite specific factual findings warranting the denial of Wifes alimony claim, we note that Wife filed no motion for rehearing directed toward the final judgment, and the basis for the trial courts ruling is supported by the record. Broadfoot v. Broadfoot, 791 So.2d 584, 585 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001).