HERSHELL GERALD GUARNETT, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Kendrick v. Everheart, 390 So. 2d 53 (Fla. 1980)
  …court when entering an order in matters which will affect him. See In re Brock, 157 Fla. 291, 25 So. 2d 659 (1946); Porter v. Porter, 60 Fla. 407, 53 So. 546 (1910); Spencer v. Spencer, 305 So. 2d 256 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974); In the Interest of R. L. G., 274 So. 2d 4 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973); Tom v. State, 153 So. 2d 334 (Fla. 2d DCA 1963). Although section 744.301(1), Florida Statutes (1977), names the natural mother of an illegitimate child as its natural guardian, she may transfer her guardianship rights to anothe…
• In the Interest of S.M.H., 531 So. 2d 228 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988)
  …al mother is an unfit person to be entrusted with the child; or (2) that the mother has abandoned the child or taken such other action as would indicate an intention to relinquish her parental rights (citing, among others, In the Interest of R.L.G., 274 So. 2d 4 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973), and In re the Matter of the Adoption of M.Q., 475 So. 2d 1306 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985)). The court found that neither of the above factors was present to overcome the presumption in favor of the mother. This same issue has been deal…
• Mr. Jones v. Mr. Smith, 278 So. 2d 339 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973)
  …and putative father, t]ie mother of an illegitimate child had the legal right to its custody, care and control superior to the right of the putative father, unless the mother is proved to be an unfit person. In the interest of R.L.G., Fla.App.1973, 274 So. 2d 4. Appellant’s contentions are equally tenuous and as a practical matter overlook the decisions of the United States Supreme Court and the statutory enactments authorizing the termination of pregnancies. The questions of fitness or abandonment would s…