Pate v. Pate

Catherine Pate (mother) appeals the non-final order entered by the trial court directing her to return the parties’ minor child to Florida pending disposition of the parties’ custody action. We affirm.1

Carmine Pate (father) filed a petition for temporary child custody, child support, and visitation unconnected with a dissolution of the marriage. See § 61.10, Fla. Stat. (1999). The petition alleged, among other things, that the mother had left the marital home in Florida and relocated to Ohio with the parties’ infant son. The father requested that the trial court issue an order directing the…