Case Name: Robert Earl WHITEHEAD and Opal Whitehead, Appellants, v. Horace C. HEWETT, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-02-20
Citations: 380 So. 2d 492
Docket Number: No. NN-345
Parties: Robert Earl WHITEHEAD and Opal Whitehead, Appellants, v. Horace C. HEWETT, Appellee.
Judges: ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., LARRY G. SMITH and WENTWORTH, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 380
Pages: 492–492

Head Matter:
Robert Earl WHITEHEAD and Opal Whitehead, Appellants, v. Horace C. HEWETT, Appellee.
No. NN-345.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 20, 1980.
Rehearing Denied March 18, 1980.
W. Paul Thompson of Thompson, Adkin-son & Beasley, DeFuniak Springs, for appellants.
James P. Appleman, Marianna, for appel-lee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Substantial competent evidence supports the trial court's custody order. On the cross-appeal, we find the trial court acted within its discretion in denying attorney's fees and in awarding visitation rights to the grandparents. The grandparents were the legal custodians of the child under a previous order of the Court, and this modification proceeding was initiated by the child's father. Sections 61.16, 61.13(2)(b), Florida Statutes (1979). Contrast Shuler v. Shuler, 371 So.2d 588 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979).
The motion to quash the appeal is DENIED but the order appealed is affirmed.
ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., LARRY G. SMITH and WENTWORTH, JJ., concur.