Finding no abuse of discretion in the trial court’s award of custody of the oldest child to the father, we affirm. Grant v. Corbitt, 95 So.2d 25 (Fla. 1957); § 61.13, Fla.Stat. (1983).

Affirmed.

(dissenting).

The only record justification for separating the two minor boys was the older child’s expressed preference, made under compulsion to elect. I would reverse. See Arons v. Arons, 94 So.2d 849 (Fla. 1957) (children should not be separated from each other except for the most compelling cause).