Legal Opinion

D.A.D. v. J.S.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 10, 2016No. 2D15-3220Published

1Opinion of the Court

LUCAS, Judge.

D.A.D., the mother of a minor child, appeals a final judgment and amended final judgment entered on a modification *515petition filed by J.S., the child’s father.1 The circuit court’s modification of the parties’ paternity judgment from Texas was both- extensive and unusual in many respects.2 We reverse on the ground that the circuit court improperly modified a domesticated paternity judgment in ways that were not pleaded in the modification petition.

We need not recount the lengthy; contentious, and procedurally convoluted history of these parents’ disputes. All agree that shortly…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Cortina v. CortinaSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
  2. Neumann v. NeumannDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  3. Brady v. JonesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  4. Barr v. BarrDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
  5. Miller v. MillerDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007

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