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Paternity — Child custody — Parental responsibility and parenting plan — Sole parental responsibility — Best interests of child — Abandonment by parent — Father abandoned child when child was a toddler by failing to establish or maintain substantial and positive relationship and failing to make any significant contribution to child’s care and maintenance — Family ordered to comply with parenting plan that does not include shared parental responsibility between mother and father — Reunification with father is not viable option, and there will be no time-sharing — It is in child’s best interests to remain with mother and not return to El Salvador where father resides
Oct 03rd, 2025 in by admin

YESICA ELIZABETH MERINO RIVAS, Petitioner/Mother, v. DIEGO EDGARDO AVALOS SANCHEZ, Respondent/Father. Circuit Court, 2nd Judicial Circuit in and for Gadsden County. Case No. 24-000860-DRA. Family Division. April 15, 2025. David M. Frank, Judge. Counsel: Erika Britt Nyborg-Burch, Public Interest Law…


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WHERE STATUTE ALLOWS FOR THE RECOVERY OF PUNITIVE DAMAGES BUT DOES NOT SET FORTH THE PROCEDURE FOR PLEADING THEM, PLAINTIFF MUST COMPLY WITH SECTION 768.72 AND RULE 1.190
Sep 30th, 2025 in by admin

Gomes v. Maniglia, 50 Fla. L. Weekly D1486 (Fla. 3rd DCA July 9, 2025): The plaintiff sued his stepbrother under the vulnerable adult statute, asserting that the stepbrother had exploited the plaintiff for his personal benefit and for the benefit…


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