Brown v. Brown

409 So.2d 1133 (1982)

Nan G. BROWN, Appellant,

v.

Stewart Thomas BROWN, Appellee.

No. 81-768.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 10, 1982.

Gary E. Southworth, Hollywood, for appellant.

Paul V. DeBianchi, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

HURLEY, Judge.

This is a child custody case in which we are asked to establish a priority between the tender years doctrine and the principle that children of divorced parents should be kept together in the same household. We apply the long-established rule that the prime consideration in child custody cases is the best interests of the…