From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Secola v. Phillips

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Apr 7, 1995
652 So. 2d 1259 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

Summary

affirming denial of visitation rights, despite contention that visitation would be in child's best interest, where there is no statutory authority or other authority granting court with jurisdiction to order such visitation rights

Summary of this case from Youmans v. Ramos

Opinion

No. 94-3559.

April 7, 1995.

Appeal from the Santa Rosa County Circuit Court, Paul Rasmussen, J.

Maureen Logue McGill, Pensacola, for appellant.

No appearance for appellees.


Although we are sympathetic with appellant's contention that visitation between F.G., a dependent child, and her half-siblings would be in F.G.'s best interest, we are not aware of any statutory or other authority that would vest the trial court with jurisdiction to order such visitation. Accordingly, we affirm the order on appeal.

ERVIN, MINER and WOLF, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Secola v. Phillips

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Apr 7, 1995
652 So. 2d 1259 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

affirming denial of visitation rights, despite contention that visitation would be in child's best interest, where there is no statutory authority or other authority granting court with jurisdiction to order such visitation rights

Summary of this case from Youmans v. Ramos
Case details for

Secola v. Phillips

Case Details

Full title:DIANNE SECOLA, APPELLANT, v. JERRY PHILLIPS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF H.R.S.…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Apr 7, 1995

Citations

652 So. 2d 1259 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

Citing Cases

Youmans v. Ramos

Even though this court has not previously directly confronted this issue, other jurisdictions have concluded…

Degrenier v. Reid

The tensions between finality of an adoption, fair play to siblings, and the recognized importance of the…