MURPHY v. MARKHAM-CRAWFORD

No. 95-1546.

665 So.2d 1093 (1995)

Joan Leigh Gates MURPHY, Appellant, v. Naomi D. MARKHAM-CRAWFORD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied February 2, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracy O. Strom of Powell & Strom, P.A., Fort Walton Beach, for Appellant.

D. Michael Chesser of Chesser, Wingard, Barr, Whitney, Flowers & Fleet, P.A., Shalimar, for Appellee.


WEBSTER, Judge.

Appellant, the natural mother of a 12-year-old child, seeks review of a final order denying her request to modify a previously entered order by returning custody of the child to her from the child's paternal grandmother (appellee). Because we conclude that there is not clear and convincing evidence in the record that returning custody of the child to appellant will result in detriment to the child, we reverse.

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