Songur v. Songur

190 So. 3d 267, 2016 WL 2760103, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 7305

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: May 13, 2016
• Docket: 5D15-2960
• Status: Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Gia Songur timely appeals a Supplemental Final Judgment Modifying Parental Responsibility, Visitation- or Parenting Plan / Time-Sharing Schedule and Other Relief and Rulings-on all pending Motions for Contempt. We reverse as to two.issues. First, Appellant is correct that the trial court erroneously granted ultimate decision-making authority over the eldest minor child’s educational decisions to her former husband, Appellee, absent a finding that shared parental responsibility would be detrimental to the child or that ultimate responsibility over the child’s educational decisions is -in the child’s best interest. See § 61.13(2)(c)2.a., Fla. Stat. (2015); see also Henderson v. Henderson, 162 So.3d 203, 207 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015) (applying section 61.13(2)(c)2. and reversing trial court order giving full parental responsibility to one parent without a finding that shared parental responsibility would be detrimental to the child). On remand, the trial court is directed to reconsider this portion of its order. Second, the trial court erred in imputing income to both parents (for purposes of determining child support), without any evidentiary basis for amounts imputed and without any explanation of the basis for these findings. On remand, the trial court should allow the parties to present additional evidence regarding théir respective incomes and determine the appropriate child support amount and starting date based on the statutory guideline's found ih section 61.30, Florida Statutes (2015).

In all other respects, we affirm.

AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; REMANDED FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS.

LAWSON, C.J., EVANDER and LAMBERT, JJ., concur.,