RUSSELL v. PASIK

No. 2D14-5540.

178 So.3d 55 (2015)

Susan RUSSELL, Petitioner, v. Elizabeth A. PASIK, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 14, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Grondahl of Paul F. Grondahl, P.A., Bradenton, for Petitioner.

Cristina Alonso and Jessica Zagier Wallace of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Miami; Michael P. Sampson of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Orlando; and Ashley Filimon of Ashley Filimon, P.A., Orlando, for Respondent.

Elliot H. Scherker , Brigid F. Cech Samole , and Jay A. Yagoda of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, for Amici Curiae Florida's Children First, Florida Youth Shine, University of Miami School of Law Children and Youth Clinic, Professor Naomi R. Cahn, Donor Sibling Registry, and the National Association of Counsel for Children.

Luis E. Insignares , Fort Myers; and Elizabeth Lynn Littrell of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Atlanta, Georgia, for Amici Curiae Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Family Equality Council, University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law Center on Children and Families, Nova Southeastern University Law Center Children and Families Law Clinic, and Law Professors Paolo Annino, Brion Blackwelder, Michael J. Dale, Nancy Dowd, Shani M. King, and Barbara Bennett Woodhouse.


Susan Russell petitions this court for a writ of certiorari from the denial of her motion to dismiss Elizabeth A. Pasik's petition for timesharing. Because the trial court departed from the essential requirements of the law, we must grant the petition.

Russell and Pasik entered into a same-sex relationship in April...

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