Mata v. Mata

Jose A. Mata appeals an order of the trial court that granted appellee Beth A. Mata’s emergency motion to permit the temporary relocation of the parties’ minor child to North Carolina. Because the court failed to comply with requirements relevant to the temporary relocation of minor children under section 61.13001(6)(b), Florida Statutes (2011), we reverse.

The final judgment of dissolution of marriage incorporated a settlement between the parties in which the parties agreed to a time-sharing schedule for the parties’ minor child. The parties agreed that it was in the child’s best interest…