All that it said is what the courts have been
saying as long as there have been courts in equity, and
that is that an order of a court in equity is subject to
modification but only upon a showing of a substantial
change in material circumstances arising after the date of
the entry of the decree sought to be modified.
As I say, Zetiker wasn’t news. It was just a
slap on the head to some ignorant family law lawyers. The
Court, I’m sure, is familiar with that as an unexceptional
principle of law.
I will give you two cites that I proposition:
Seaboard Rendering Company v. Conlon
, C-o-n-l-o-n, Supreme
Court of Florida, 152, Florida, 723, 12 Southern Second,
882, a 1943 case.
Jackson Grain Company v. J.M. Lee as
Comptroller of the State of Florida
. That is 7 Southern
Second 143 Supreme Court of Florida 1942.
Hale v. Miracle Enterprises
, 517 Southern
Second 102, Third District case from 1987. As I say,
that’s an unexceptional principle of law. We all know
that.
A judgment at law in a law court, when you sit
as a judge rather than as a chancellor, is not subject to
modification at any time. You get a judgment; it’s over.
It’s enforceable, it’s not enforceable, it may be