D.M.M. v. J.M.M.

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

D.M.M. challenges the circuit court’s order granting temporary custody of her child, A.M.M., to the child’s paternal grandmother, J.M.M. The order was entered in proceedings initiated by J.M.M. under chapter 751, Florida Statutes (2009), which addresses temporary custody of minor children by extended family members. The custody order and the proceedings giving rise to it violated the requirements of that chapter, and the order must be reversed.

In January 2010, the grandmother filed a sworn petition for temporary custody of A.M.M., alleging that the child’s father had signed a…