Ballah v. Poole

RYDER, Chief Judge.

Marcia Sue Ballah appeals from the trial court’s order modifying the parties’ 1981 Michigan divorce and custody decree. The Michigan decree awarded custody of the parties’ minor child to Ballah. The court below modified the order, awarding each parent custody of the child for alternate six-month periods until the child reaches six years of age. The court specified that it would review custody when the child attained six years of age.

The trial judge expressed his belief that section 61.13(2)(b)2, Florida Statutes (1983), applied to this case mandating equal shared…