Rodriguez v. Williams

2 Citing cases

  1. Cobo v. Sierralta

    13 So. 3d 493 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)   Cited 7 times
    Holding that a husband who argued the marriage was void because the wife remained married to her first husband bore the burden to prove the invalidity of the marriage

    In these proceedings, Cobo was entitled to a fee award to litigate all custody and visitation issues. See § 61.16(1), Fla. Stat. (2008) (providing that "[t]he court may from time to time, after considering the financial resources of the parties, order a party to pay a reasonable amount for attorney's fees, suit money and the cost to the other party of maintaining or defending any proceeding under this chapter"); § 61.514, Fla. Stat. (2008) (stating that "a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial child custody determination" where "[t]his state is the home state of the child on the date of the commencement of the proceeding"); Rodriguez v. Williams, 911 So.2d 170 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005) (applying the factors set forth in chapter 61 for evaluating the welfare and best interests of the child to a custody determination between an unmarried couple). She was also entitled to a fee award to litigate all issues relating to whether this marriage should be dissolved.

  2. Peacock v. Peacock

    973 So. 2d 501 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)   Cited 1 times

    Section 61.13(3) does not mandate written findings, see Castillo v. Castillo, 950 So.2d 527 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007); cf. Velazquez v. Millan, 963 So.2d 852, 854-55 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007), and the record contains substantial competent evidence in support of the court's decision. See Rodriguez v. Williams, 911 So.2d 170 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005); Miller v. Miller, 842 So.2d 168 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003). We are unable to agree with the partial dissent because the parties have not requested, in the trial court or this Court, that the daughters be placed separately with the mother.