Brown v. Brown
Brown v. Brown
Opinion of the Court
The appellant challenges the order by which the trial court dismissed her emergency motion for temporary relief and her petition for modification in which she sought permission to relocate with the parties’ minor children. The trial court has apparently misconstrued the intent of a provision in the final judgment of dissolution of marriage that restricted the appellant from relocating while she was the primary custodial parent. “The principle of law is well settled in this state that the trial court is vested with jurisdiction, upon a proper showing, to modify at any time an order or decree touching the custody, maintenance and support of minor children within its jurisdiction.” Beasley v. Beasley, 154 So.2d 874 (Fla. 1st DCA 1963). And if a final judgment of dissolution incorporates a prohibition against the relocation of the primary custodial parent with the children, the court may later modify
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