Michelle Longarzo f/k/a Michelle Castillo v. Jesus Castillo Explained — Family Law
District Court of Appeal of Florida • Decided 2016-03-09 • 191 So. 3d 481; 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 3642; 2016 WL 903665
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Case Summary
LEVINE, J. The former wife appeals an order dismissing her petition to -modify custody, timesharing, and child support. The dismissal was based on the 'wife’s “unclean hands” in failing to purge a' contempt order entered years earlier. We find that the trial court erred in dismissing the petition without holding an evidentiary hearing on the wife’s present ability to purge the conte
Timeline
2016-03-09 — Decision issued by District Court of Appeal of Florida
Docket: 4D15-951
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