Legal Opinion

Estefani v. Penafiel

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 14, 1993No. 92-2039PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Per curiam

A trial court has broad discretion in matters of custody and visitation rights. Dinkel v. Dinkel, 322 So.2d 22 (Fla.1975). After a thorough examination of the record, we find that there is substantial competent evidence to support the decision of the trial court terminating the visitation rights of the father, paternal grandparents, and paternal great-grandparents, see Shaw v. Shaw, 334 So.2d 13 (Fla.1976); Freeburg v. Freeburg, 596 So.2d 794 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992); Hunter v. Hunter, 540 So.2d 235 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989); T'Felt v. T'Felt, 446 So.2d 1110 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984), and allowing the mother to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Canakaris v. CanakarisSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
  2. Shaw v. ShawSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  3. Dinkel v. DinkelSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  4. T'Felt v. T'FeltDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  5. Freeburg v. FreeburgDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. EFFICIENT SYSTEMS v. Dept. of LaborDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
  2. Starling v. StarlingDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995

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