Psychological evaluations in child custody cases in Florida are permitted when: (i) a parent’s mental condition is directly involved in the determination of an issue that is presently before the Court, and (ii) a parent’s mental condition makes him or her unable to meet the children’s needs or substantially affects his or her ability to raise the parties’ children.
A child custody and visitation case involving holiday timesharing was recently decided by the Florida Court of Appeal in a case captioned Glevis v. Glevis. The Florida Court of Appeal ruled that were both parties are awarded time-sharing, rotating holiday timesharing is required unless the trial court articulates a sound reason for the denial pf holiday time-sharing.
A child custody and visitation case was recently decided by the Florida Court of Appeal in a case captioned Frye v. Cuomo. In this case, the parties were married for nine-years. They had two minor children at the time of the divorce. The mother filed a Petition for...
A Child Custody and Visitation case was recently decided by the Florida Court of Appeal in a case captioned Scudder v. Scudder. The parties were married in 2001 in India, and have three children. When the husband and wife lived in the United Arab Emirates, they...
A Child Custody and Visitation case involving a child's custody preference was recently decided by the Florida Court of Appeal. In a case captioned Talarico v. Talarico, the mother and father had two children. The parties divorced and negotiated parenting plans....
A Child Custody and Visitation case captioned Booth v. Hicks was recently decided by the Florida Court of Appeals. In this case, the Mother appealed a final judgment that was rendered against her by the trial court. In this judgment, the lower court awarded the Father...
In child custody and visitation cases, a parent's request to the trial court to have the other parent psychologically evaluated requires a showing that: (i) the request for the evaluation is related to a matter that is in controversy, and (ii) that there is good cause...
Child Custody and Visitation in Florida was recently addressed by the Florida Court of Appeal in a case captioned Beck v. Lewis. In this case the father appealed the temporary order of the court which created a temporary timesharing schedule for the parents. The trial...
Child Custody and Visitation for Same-Sex Couples in Florida was recently discussed by the Florida Court of Appeal in a case captioned Springer v. Springer. In Springer v. Springer a child was born to a biological mother while she was in a same-sex relationship. Her...
A Child Custody and Visitation case involving emergency intervention by the Court was recently decided by the Florida Court of Appeal in a case captioned McAbee v. McAbee. In this case the parents married in South Carolina and divorced in Virginia. They have one...