J.E.S., A CHILD, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• McCARTNEY v. McCARTNEY, 659 So. 2d 371 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995)
  …mean that the trial court may not suspend child support as a sanction for a custodial parent’s violation of visitation orders. See State, Dep’t of Health and Rehabilitative Servs. v. Sandidge, 651 So. 2d 1261 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995); Carroll v. Carroll, 593 So. 2d 1131 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992). Underlying the holding in these cases is the legislative directive that the obligation to support a minor child should not be dependent upon visitation rights. By including “alimony” in the provisions of section 61.13(4)(b), the…
• Spalding v. Spalding, 907 So. 2d 1270 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005)
  …ontractual, the trial court was unable to modify the agreement if it was unambiguous. The Former Wife also advised the trial court that the language in Riley was dictum. She argued that the Second District had criticized Riley in Carroll v. Carroll, 593 So. 2d 1131, 1133 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992), where the court declared that it was “unwilling to say that conduct by a child, not shown to be orchestrated by one of the parents, should relieve a parent of his or her duty to support the child.” Id. Here, despite the For…
• Stanley v. Stanley, 756 So. 2d 210 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)
  …dered child support payments “until further order of court”) was clearly wrong. See McCartney v. McCartney, 659 So. 2d 371 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995); Department of Health & Rehab. Servs. v. Sandidge, 651 So. 2d 1261 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995); Carroll v. Carroll, 593 So. 2d 1131 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992). Nonetheless, we think it clear that appellant may not be found in willful contempt for failure'to pay court-ordered child support payments when the court itself has said he need not do so “until further order of court.” Thus, we…

Authorities Cited

• B.P. v. State, 588 So. 2d 39 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991)