Wallace v. Smith

EHRLICH, Justice.

We accepted jurisdiction of this case because of a question certified as being of great public importance, pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(5), Florida Constitution, and passed directly to this Court by the Fifth District Court of Appeal pursuant to Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure 9.125.

The question arises out of a protracted custody dispute between the maternal grandparents (Rameys) and paternal grandparents (Thomases) over their orphaned granddaughter, which culminated in an order of adoption in favor of the Thomases being set aside by the Fifth District Court of…