CATHERINE ROSS, APPELLANT,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Ruffridge v. Ruffridge, 687 So. 2d 48 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997)
  …rental responsibilities to be shared. Consequently, the Florida courts have recognized that rotating child custody is presumptively not in the best interest of the children. Parker v. Parker, 553 So. 2d 309 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989); Chiafair v. Chiafair, 552 So. 2d 248 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989). It follows from this presumption that the trial court should adopt a plan of rotating custody only in an exceptional case in which it is shown to be in the best interest of the children. Sullivan v. Sullivan, 604 So. 2d 878 (Fl…
• Muniz v. Muniz-Baerga, 679 So. 2d 888 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996)
  …was entitled to have her attorney’s fees paid. We affirm for the reason that rule 1.530(d), of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, authorizes the action taken within the time period provided by the rule. Appellant has cited Chiafair v. Chiafair, 552 So. 2d 248 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989). Chiafair is clearly distinguishable. The Chiafair panel did not discuss the effect of the rule nor apparently consider it. More importantly, Chiafair involved a situation in which, unrequested, a trial court altered the manner o…

Authorities Cited

• Johnson v. Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 546 So. 2d 741 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989)
• Sylvina Juste v. Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 520 So. 2d 69 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988)