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ALLEN v. CHILDRESS

No. 83-1832.

448 So.2d 1220 (1984)

Linda Jay ALLEN, Appellant, v. Jack Wayne CHILDRESS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 25, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Bernstein of Fred J. Berman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

No appearance on behalf of appellee.

BERANEK, Judge.

This appeal arises from a custody battle between the unmarried parents of a four-year old child. The trial court awarded custody of the child to his putative father after determining the mother unfit. We reverse.

From his birth until May, 1982, the child lived with his parents or under the care of his mother alone. In May, the respondent/father removed the child from the state and brought him to...

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