VINCENT CLAUDE MEDINA A/K/A FRACTAL FACE, VINCENT CLAUDE MEDINA, AND VINNY MEDINA
v.
S.R.H., MOTHER OF S.M., A CHILD

Fla. 5th DCA | 2022-11-14
No. 22-0590
Helm, J., Lambert, C.J., Evander, J., Edwards, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2022)

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Holding

An injunction is affirmed when competent substantial evidence supports it in the record, even if the evidence is in sharp contrast, because credibility determinations are within the trial court's exclusive purview.


Headnotes

[1] An appellate court will not reweigh evidence or disturb a trial court's credibility determinations regarding witness testimony when reviewing whether competent substantia…

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Key Quotes

“Because there is competent substantial evidence in the record to support the injunction, we affirm. While the evidence was in sharp contrast, the credibility of the witnesses is within the trial court's exclusive purview. We cannot reweigh the evidence.”

Court's rationale for affirming the injunction, citing Disston v. Hanson

Facts & Procedural History

Medina appealed a circuit court injunction issued in a family law matter involving S.R.H., the mother of a child. The trial court found sufficient evi…

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Opinion of the Court
Lambert

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO

FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND

DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

VINCENT CLAUDE MEDINA

A/K/A FRACTAL FACE, VINCENT CLAUDE MEDINA, AND VINNY MEDINA, Appellant, v. Case No. 5D22-590 LT Case No. 2021-DR-1362

S.R.H., MOTHER OF

S.M., A CHILD, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed November 14, 2022 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Citrus County, Charles Helm, Judge. Linda Bellomio Commons, of Linda Bellomio Commons, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant. No Appearance for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

2 AFFIRMED. See Disston v. Hanson, 116 So. 3d 612, 612 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013) (“Because there is competent substantial evidence in the record to support the injunction, we affirm. While the evidence was in sharp contrast, the credibility of the witnesses is within the trial court’s exclusive purview. We cannot reweigh the evidence.”). LAMBERT, C.J., EVANDER and EDWARDS, JJ., concur.


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