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Date Created: 2023-11-27 15:20:41.889079+00
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FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
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                         Case No. 5D23-446
                  LT Case No. 2013-DR-002635-FM
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JACQUELINE VARNER,

    Petitioner,

    v.

BRIAN VARNER,

    Respondent.
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Petition for Certiorari Review of Order from the
Circuit Court for Duval County.
Suzanne Bass, Judge.

Jason Brian Phillips, of J. Brian Phillips, P.A., Orlando, for
Petitioner.

Beth M. Terry, of Law Office of B.M. Terry, P.A., Jacksonville, for
Respondent.

                          October 6, 2023

PER CURIAM.

      Former Wife petitions this Court for a writ of certiorari
seeking to quash the trial court’s order regarding child visitation
dated November 14, 2022. Former Wife alleges this court has
jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 4(b)(3), of the Florida
Constitution, and Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.030(b)(3),
which confer original jurisdiction upon district courts of appeal to
issue writs of common law certiorari. However, nonfinal orders
that determine “the rights or obligations of a party regarding child
custody or time-sharing under a parenting plan” are appealable
under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(C)(iii)b. “A
‘child custody proceeding’ is defined as one in which legal custody,
physical custody, residential care, or visitation with respect to a
child is at issue.” Hickey v. Burlinson, 33 So. 3d 827, 829 (Fla 5th
DCA 2010) (citing § 61.503(4), Fla. Stat. (2009)). Therefore, an
order regarding child visitation is an appealable, nonfinal order.
Id. As a result, we treat this matter as an appeal of a nonfinal order
rather than a petition for writ of certiorari and affirm on all issues
without further discussion. 1

    AFFIRMED.

LAMBERT, BOATWRIGHT, and PRATT, JJ., concur.

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    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
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      1 See Fla. R. App. P. 9.040(c) (“If a party seeks an improper

remedy, the cause shall be treated as if the proper remedy had
been sought . . . .”).

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