M.J., MOTHER, APPELLANT,
v.
A.B., FATHER, APPELLEE

Fla. 2d DCA | 1997-06-13
No. 96-01107
PATTERSON, A.C.J., and ALTENBERND and FULMER, JJ., concur.
694 So. 2d 888 Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (1997) Positive Treatment
Cited by 4 cases
Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the trial court’s judgment establishing paternity in this action, which also awarded shared parental responsibility and provided visitation rights for the father’s parents. The trial court determined that it was in the best interest of the parties’ seven-year-old daughter to have grandparental visitation with the father’s parents so that the child could visit her father at a Florida prison. See § 61.13(2)(b)2.c., Fla. Stat. (1995). Our record lacks a transcript of the hearing and does not provide a basis to reverse the trial court’s decision. Our affirmance does not preclude the mother from seeking a modification of the visitation schedule should the visits prove traumatic to the child.

Affirmed.

PATTERSON, A.C.J., and ALTENBERND and FULMER, JJ., concur.

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