Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2001

Crittenden v. Gatlin

Crittenden v. Gatlin
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 7, 2001 · Dell, Polen, Taylor
778 So. 2d 1087; 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 2464; 2001 WL 219114 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Crittenden v. Gatlin

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the trial court’s ruling that appellant was in contempt for failing to comply with the visitation and related shared parental responsibility provisions as set forth in the parties’ marital settlement agreement. However, we determine the purge provisions to be too extreme, both for the mother and for the best interests of the minor child. We therefore, remand for the trial court to modify the purge provisions after considering the child’s best interests. See § 61.13(4), Fla. Stat. (2000); Crutchfield v. Crutchfield, 345 So.2d 831 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977).

DELL, POLEN and TAYLOR, JJ„ concur.

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