Case Name: Jeanette MEHLER, Appellant, v. George Edward MEHLER, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-01-23
Citations: 555 So. 2d 1295
Docket Number: No. 89-379
Parties: Jeanette MEHLER, Appellant, v. George Edward MEHLER, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 555
Pages: 1295–1297

Head Matter:
Jeanette MEHLER, Appellant, v. George Edward MEHLER, Appellee.
No. 89-379.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 23, 1990.
Manuel A. Cuadrado, Miami, for appellant.
Catlin, Saxon, Tuttle & Evans, Miami, and Brian L. Fink, for appellee.
Before BARKDULL, JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We find no error in the trial court preventing, in the best interest of the children who were in the custody of the Mother, their removal from Dade County, Florida, to the State of Texas. Even though the evidence may not have warranted a change of custody, a trial court may still determine whether it is in the best interest of the children to prohibit their move to a foreign state. Clinard v. Clinard, 478 So.2d 98 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985); Simon v. Simon, 435 So.2d 941 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983); Scheiner v. Scheiner, 336 So.2d 406 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976).
We do not read the eases to require a finding that it would be adverse to the interest of the children to permit their move to a foreign state before a trial judge may prevent their relocation. We hold that it is enough for the trial judge to find it is in the best interest of the children that they remain in the State of Florida. Therefore the order under review is affirmed.
Affirmed.
. The final judgment of divorce incorporated a settlement agreement which made the Mother the primary residential parent. The settlement agreement and the final judgment were silent as to the place of residence and there was no prohibition against the Mother relocating.
. The final judgment reads in part as follows:
"2. However, the evidence is overwhelming that it is in the best interest of all of the children that they remain in Florida where they have been raised, where there are close ties to both maternal and paternal families, to school, to friends. The evidence is underwhelming as to any advantages to the children or their life style to move to Texas, as is desired by the Petitioner/Wife, who is the primary physical residential parent."