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Estefani v. Penafiel

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Oct 26, 1993
624 So. 2d 343 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

Opinion

No. 92-2039.

September 14, 1993. Rehearing Denied October 26, 1993.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Carol R. Gersten, J.

Stanley Jay Bartel, Miami, for appellants.

No appearance for appellee.

Before FERGUSON, COPE and GODERICH, JJ.


A trial court has broad discretion in matters of custody and visitation rights. Dinkel v. Dinkel, 322 So.2d 22 (Fla. 1975). After a thorough examination of the record, we find that there is substantial competent evidence to support the decision of the trial court terminating the visitation rights of the father, paternal grandparents, and paternal great-grandparents, see Shaw v. Shaw, 334 So.2d 13 (Fla. 1976); Freeburg v. Freeburg, 596 So.2d 794 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992); Hunter v. Hunter, 540 So.2d 235 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989); T'Felt v. T'Felt, 446 So.2d 1110 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984), and allowing the mother to remove the children from Dade County. See Fabre v. Levine, 618 So.2d 317 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993). We do not find an abuse of discretion by the trial judge and we, therefore, affirm. Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197 (Fla. 1980).


Summaries of

Estefani v. Penafiel

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Oct 26, 1993
624 So. 2d 343 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)
Case details for

Estefani v. Penafiel

Case Details

Full title:JUAN CARLOS ESTEFANI, JUAN GONZALEZ ESTEFANI, DALIA R. GONZALEZ, LUIS F…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Oct 26, 1993

Citations

624 So. 2d 343 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

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