GUERIN V. GUERIN

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida, January Term, A.D. 2008 Opinion filed April 2, 2008. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ Nos. 3D07-1994; 3D07-1992; 3D07-1028 Lower Tribunal No. 03-9313 ________________ Jacques Guerin, Appellant, vs. Michelle Guerin, Appellee. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Judith L. Kreeger, Judge. Michael Lechtman, for appellant. Weiss, Handler, Angelos & Cornwell, P.A., and Carol A. Kartagener (Boca Raton), for appellee. Before GREEN, RAMIREZ, and CORTIÃ AS, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Escudero v. Escudero, 739 So. 2d 688, 693 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999)(concealment and dissipation of marital assets are grounds justifying disproportionate awards of marital assets). See also Montalvo v. Montalvo, 949 So. 2d 350, 351 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007)( [T]he trial court may consider the misconduct of either party in fashioning the equitable distribution only if the misconduct resulted in wasting or depletion of assets. )(citing Murray v. Murray, 636 So. 2d 536, 538 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994)). 2

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