📜 | Ex-Spouses Clash — Post-Divorce Loan Spawns Contract Battle & Tortious Interference

Green Shields v. Green Shields | Case No. 19-758 | Fifth District Court of Appeal (Cross-Appeal) In this cross-appeal between former spouses, the dispute involves a post-divorce personal loan arrangement and whether related alimony and child support claims under a marital settlement agreement should have been raised as compulsory counterclaims. Appellant's counsel argues the trial court improperly merged equitable and legal causes of action when it applied equitable principles to a contract claim at law. The case also involves a tortious interference counterclaim and whether the loan contract entitles the lender to interest or only to reimbursement of his out-of-pocket loan costs. Key issues addressed: Whether alimony/child support claims are compulsory counterclaims in a post-divorce breach of contract action Law vs. equity distinction: improper application of equitable remedies to a legal contract claim Whether the marital settlement agreement and release bars claims arising from a post-divorce loan Tortious interference counterclaim and the Tipsy Coachman doctrine Whether the lender is entitled to interest or only reimbursement of loan origination costs under the contract 🔗 Florida Rules & Legal Resources: www.floridarules.net #FloridaAppeal #FamilyLaw #PostDivorce #ContractLaw #TortiousInterference #5thDCA #MaritalSettlement #CompulsoryCounterclaim #TipsyCoachman #FloridaAppeal