Case Name: Gail PARISER, Petitioner, v. Paul S. PARISER, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-06-10
Citations: 601 So. 2d 291
Docket Number: No. 91-2440
Parties: Gail PARISER, Petitioner, v. Paul S. PARISER, Respondent.
Judges: WARNER and FARMER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 601
Pages: 291–293

Head Matter:
Gail PARISER, Petitioner, v. Paul S. PARISER, Respondent.
No. 91-2440.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
June 10, 1992.
Rehearing Denied July 8, 1992.
Lewis Kapner of Lewis Kapner, P.A., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.
Neil B. Jagolinzer of Christiansen, Jack-nin & Tuthill, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
While the order in this case is an order entered after final judgment, it is part of a supplementary proceeding, a petition for change of custody of the minor children, and thus part of a new proceeding from which a second final judgment may emanate. Hence, it is not an appealable non-final order. However, the order grants a psychiatric examination of the children and the mother alleges that the harm will occur in the actual examination itself which will not be remediable on appeal of any final judgment. We therefore treat the instant case as a petition for writ of certiorari, but we deny the writ.
The granting or denying of an order for a psychological evaluation is a discretionary act. See Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Miami v. Modesta, 107 So.2d 43 (Fla. 3d DCA 1958). As such it is governed by the reasonableness test of Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197, 1202-03 (Fla.1980). While petitioner maintains that the trial court was required to hold an evidentiary hearing, an evidentiary hearing is not always required. Cf. Anderson v. Anderson, 470 So.2d 52 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985). A review of this record reveals sufficient information that based on Cana-karis we cannot say that the trial court departed from the essential requirements of law in ordering these tests.
WARNER and FARMER, JJ., concur.
GLICKSTEIN, C.J., concurs specially with opinion.