Opinion
No. 97-03797
November 25, 1998. Rehearing Denied February 3, 1999.
Appeal from the Circuit Court, Pinellas County, Bonnie S. Newton, Judge.
David Christopher Bernuth, pro se.
Rembert L. Lowery, St. Petersburg, for Appellee.
David Bernuth appeals from the order which denies his request for visitation with his eight-year-old daughter in the state prison where he is serving a fifty-year sentence. We affirm. The trial court did not have the authority to order visitation in the prison. See Singletary v. Carpenter, 705 So.2d 110, 111 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998) (holding that the regulation of prison visitation lies wholly within the Department of Corrections' authority).
Affirmed.
WHATLEY, J., and SCHEB, JOHN M., (SENIOR) JUDGE, Concur.