OWENS v. ESHELMAN

No. 98-53.

712 So.2d 472 (1998)

Valerie A. OWENS, n/k/a Valerie A. Johnston, Appellant, v. Myrtis M. ESHELMAN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 1, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Brooks, Jr. of Clay, Fitzgerald & Brooks, P.A., Milton, for Appellant.

Aaron B. Wentz of Peek & Wentz, Niceville, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Valerie A. Owens, the natural mother, appeals an order of the trial court granting the petition for grandparental custody filed by appellee, Myrtis M. Eshelman, the paternal grandmother, and awarding child support to her. We affirm the award of custody without comment, but reverse the award of child support, because Eshelman neither pled nor proved need or the mother's ability to pay.

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