Legal Opinion
Mitchem v. Grubbs
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 1, 1986No. BE-225PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
485 So.2d 891 (1986)
Phyllis Dale MITCHEM, Appellant,
v.
Albert James GRUBBS, Appellee.
No. BE-225.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 1, 1986.
John Paul Howard, Jacksonville, for appellant.
Daniel D. Akel, Jacksonville, for appellee.
WENTWORTH, Judge.
Appellant seeks review of an order by which appellee's child support obligation and visitation rights were modified after an ex parte hearing. We find that the court erred in proceeding ex parte as a sanction for appellant's failure to comply with a discovery order, and we therefore reverse the appealed order of modification.
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