Collinsworth v. O'Connell

1 Citing case

  1. Adamson v. Chavis

    672 So. 2d 624 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)   Cited 4 times

    This statute also controls custody disputes between parents who never married. In the Interest of S.M.H., 531 So.2d 228 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988); Collinsworth v. O'Connell, 508 So.2d 744 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987). The above-cited statute abolished the "tender years doctrine," which gave preference to the mother of a child of tender years in custody issues.