10-2697 KATHLEEN DORAN, Former Wife, v. GERARD M. DORAN, JR., Former Husband

State: Florida

Court: Florida First District Court

Docket No: 10-2697

Case Date: 12/29/2010

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA KATHLEEN DORAN, Former Wife, Appellant, CASE NO. 1D10-2697 v. GERARD M. DORAN, JR., Former Husband, Appellee. _____________________________/ Opinion filed December 29, 2010. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Walton County. Kelvin C. Wells, Judge. Clay B. Adkinson of Adkinson Law Firm, LLC, DeFuniak Springs, for Appellant. Gerard M. Doran Jr., pro se, Appellee. NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Ms. Kathleen Doran, appeals an order of the trial court granting time-sharing of her minor children to the children's father, Appellee, Mr. Gerard Doran. Ms. Doran asserts that the trial court erred by not allowing the presentation of evidence regarding why modification of the time-sharing schedule was not in the minors' best interests. We agree and reverse for the reasons set forth below.

A time-sharing schedule may not be modified without showing a "substantial, material, and unanticipated change in the circumstances and a determination that it is in the best interests of the child."

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