WILLIE JOHNSON, APPELLANT,

v.

CHARLES KAPLAN, ESQ., APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Ragle v. Ragle, 82 So. 3d 109 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011)
  …Procedure. The record reflects no objection to the Statement. The court approved the Statement, subject to the handwritten changes it made. Analysis Appellate courts review orders modifying custody for abuse of discretion. Lewandowski v. Langston, 969 So. 2d 1165, 1169 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007). This being said, however, it is an established principle that the trial court does not have the same broad discretion to modify custody that it exercises in initial determinations of custody. The party seeking a modificat…
• Ness v. Martinez, 249 So. 3d 754 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018)
  …ted by competent, substantial evidence showing there has been a substantial and material change in circumstances since the final judgment of dissolution, and that the modification will be in the best interests of the child. Lewandowski v. Langston, 969 So. 2d 1165, 1169 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007); see also § 61.13(3), Fla. Stat. Appellant asserts that the court’s decision to grant modification was based solely on her relocation and on the parties’ agreement to temporarily expand Appellee’s time-sharing upon his ret…
• Meyers v. Meyers, 295 So. 3d 1207 (Fla. 2d DCA 2020)
  …the finding that there was a substantial change in circumstances based upon "unforeseen and disturbing incidents of domestic violence" between the Former Husband and G.F. In support of this conclusion, the trial court cited Lewandowski v. Langston, 969 So. 2d 1165 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007). Lewandowski involved a former husband who appealed the denial of his petition to modify the timesharing agreement after the former wife remarried. 969 So. 2d at 1166. As grounds for modification of timesharing, the former hus…