Warren v. Warren

GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an order allowing the custodial parent to remove the parties’ minor child from the State of Florida.

The parties’ marriage was dissolved in Pinellas County on June 8, 1976, six months after the birth of their only child, Jennifer. The final judgment awarded permanent child custody to the wife with reasonable visitation rights to the husband. The minor child had continuously lived in Clearwater, Florida, excepting a nine-month period immediately following the dissolution when she lived with her mother in Holland, Michigan.

In April of 1984, the…