Powell v. Powell

Carol Holm Powell, the former wife, appeals from an order denying exceptions to a General Master’s report. We reverse.

The parties were divorced in 1989. Pursuant to the parties’ settlement agreement, that was incorporated into the parties’ dissolution of marriage decree, the former wife was named the primary residential parent. Paragraph 4(b) of the settlement agreement provided that “[t]he primary residential parent shall be permitted to remove the minor child from the geographic boundaries of the State of Florida, without prior written consent of the other parent or court order.”

The former…