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Ciftci v. Munoz

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Dec 3, 1993
627 So. 2d 67 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

Opinion

No. 93-170.

November 19, 1993. Rehearing Denied December 3, 1993.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Orange County, Frank N. Kaney, J.

Laurie L. Gordon, Orlando, for appellant.

No Appearance for appellee.


Ahmet Ciftci appeals a final judgment on former husband's supplemental petition for modification of amended final judgment, and on former wife's petition for modification of final judgment. This final judgment continued the mother's, Melissa Munoz, custody of the couple's two minor children and allowed her to move intrastate 200 miles from Orange County, Florida to Delray Beach, Florida. We affirm.

The trial judge made specific findings that the move intrastate was not "designed to frustrate the Former Husband's contact with his children" but was for the purpose of "enabling their [the children's] mother to continue working at a better paying job than she held in Orange County." The trial judge's findings are consistent with the fact finding criteria established by the Florida Supreme Court in Mize v. Mize, 621 So.2d 417 (Fla. 1993) (citing Hill v. Hill, 548 So.2d 705 (Fla.3d DCA 1989), review denied, 560 So.2d 233 (Fla. 1990)). The father presented no extraordinary change of circumstances justifying a change of custody. See Zediker v. Zediker, 444 So.2d 1034 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984); McGregor v. McGregor, 418 So.2d 1073 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982).

AFFIRMED.

HARRIS, C.J., and PETERSON, J., concur.


Summaries of

Ciftci v. Munoz

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Dec 3, 1993
627 So. 2d 67 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)
Case details for

Ciftci v. Munoz

Case Details

Full title:AHMET CIFTCI, APPELLANT, v. MELISSA LEE MUNOZ, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Dec 3, 1993

Citations

627 So. 2d 67 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)