Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2007

Bluestein v. Bluestein

Bluestein v. Bluestein
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided June 5, 2007 · Benton, Padovano, Thomas
958 So. 2d 1040; 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 8722; 2007 WL 1593247 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Bluestein v. Bluestein

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Keith Bluestein appeals an order denying motions for termination of alimony and for relief from a consent order, wherein the circuit court sua sponte modified the visitation arrangement. We reverse.

Contrary to the lower court’s findings, neither party had raised an issue of visitation, nor had the parties argued it by consent at the hearing. See Walls v. Sebastian, 914 So.2d 1110 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005). Because all parties were by then residing in Virginia, it is questionable whether the circuit court would have had jurisdiction to reach the issue, had it been raised. See § 61.515, Fla. Stat. (2005). We direct the court to strike that portion of the order dealing with visitation.

REVERSED and REMANDED.

BENTON, PADOVANO, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

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