BROWN v. BROWN

No. 81-768.

409 So.2d 1133 (1982)

Nan G. BROWN, Appellant, v. Stewart Thomas BROWN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary E. Southworth, Hollywood, for appellant.

Paul V. DeBianchi, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


HURLEY, Judge.

This is a child custody case in which we are asked to establish a priority between the tender years doctrine and the principle that children of divorced parents should be kept together in the same household. We apply the long-established rule that the prime consideration in child custody cases is the best interests of the individual child and, therefore, under the facts of this case, we conclude that the trial court erred by failing to apply the tender...

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