08-1677 NOEL SHAW, v. LAURIE J. NELSON

State: Florida

Court: Florida First District Court

Docket No: 08-1677

Case Date: 03/04/2009

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

NOEL SHAW, Appellant, v. LAURIE J. NELSON, Appellee. _____________________________/ Opinion filed March 4, 2009.

CASE NO. 1D08-1677

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County. Marci L. Goodman, Judge. K. Jeffrey Reynolds, Pensacola, for Appellant. R. John Westberry, Pensacola, for Appellee.

BROWNING, J. Noel Shaw, the former husband, appeals the circuit court's final order granting the "Supplemental Verified Petition for Modification in Child Support

and Child Custody" filed by Laurie J. Nelson, the former wife.

The former

husband complains that the challenged order lacks sufficient findings of fact to disclose whether the trial court followed the child support guidelines in section 61.30, Florida Statutes (2005), and how the court calculated the amounts to be paid for child support. In this appeal, the former husband does not contest the

modification of child custody. Because the record demonstrates that the trial court correctly applied the statutory guidelines, and competent, substantial evidence in the record supports the calculations made by the court and the grounds for modification, we affirm the order. An Alabama final judgment dissolved the parties' marriage in June 2000 and designated the former husband as the primary residential parent for the parties' two daughters: Lacey, who was born in April 1991, and Samantha, who was born in February 1994. The court awarded reasonable visitation to the former wife,

including visitation on the first and third weekends of each month from 6:00 p.m. Friday until 6:00 p.m. the following Sunday, for one month during the summer, and on certain birthdays and holidays. The parties agreed to shared parental responsibility. See

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