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DRAKE v. DRAKE

No. 79-2264.

386 So.2d 1307 (1980)

Diana Jean DRAKE, Appellant, v. Robert Michael DRAKE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Musgrove, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Kenneth H. Renick of Renick, Zwickel & Gross, Lake Worth, for appellee.

HERSEY, Judge.

The natural mother appeals that portion of a judgment of final dissolution of marriage which awards custody of her minor child to relatives of the husband. It is true that a natural parent has a God-given right to have and enjoy the custody, fellowship and companionship of his or her child. So, too, does the child have rights. On balance, it is the child's rights which must prevail in child custody cases. Cone v. Cone, 62 So...

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