Case Name: Anita SEGURA, Appellant, v. Eulalia VALDEZ, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1982-01-26
Citations: 408 So. 2d 856
Docket Number: No. 81-235
Parties: Anita SEGURA, Appellant, v. Eulalia VALDEZ, Appellee.
Judges: Before NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ., and PEARSON, TILLMAN (Ret.), Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 408
Pages: 856–856

Head Matter:
Anita SEGURA, Appellant, v. Eulalia VALDEZ, Appellee.
No. 81-235.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 26, 1982.
Robert M. Hustead, Florida Rural Legal Services, Homestead, for appellant.
Fletcher & Langer and A. Lester Langer, Homestead, for appellee.
Before NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ., and PEARSON, TILLMAN (Ret.), Associate Judge.

Opinion:
JORGENSON, Judge.
Anita Segura appeals from a final judgment awarding custody of her minor child to Eulalia Valdez, the child's paternal grandmother.
The trial court, in its final judgment, found that the natural mother, Anita Segu-ra, abandoned the child in 1978, that the natural mother would be an unfit custodian and that the best interests of the child would be served by continuing her custody with the paternal grandmother. The record abundantly supports the findings.
In the face of the findings below, we will not substitute our judgment for that of the trial court. Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197 (Fla.1980); Grant v. Corbitt, 95 So.2d 25 (Fla.1957); Cone v. Cone, 62 So.2d 907 (Fla.1953).
Affirmed.
. The child's natural father, Casmiro Valdez, Jr., is deceased. The parties were never married.
. The trial court correctly retained jurisdiction and provided for reasonable visitation rights.