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Date Created: 2023-08-02 15:04:48.531805+00
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Third District Court of Appeal
                               State of Florida

                         Opinion filed August 2, 2023.
       Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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                             No. 3D22-2191
                       Lower Tribunal No. 13-13632
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                            Jose Andres Raffo,
                                Appellant,

                                     vs.

                          Monica M. Menendez,
                               Appellee.

    An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Abby
Cynamon, Judge.

      Law Offices of Alfaro & Fernandez, P.A., and Elbert Alfaro, for
appellant.

      Law Offices of Gonzalez & Associates, LLC, and Alexis Gonzalez, for
appellee.

Before EMAS, SCALES and LOBREE, JJ.

     PER CURIAM.
     Affirmed. See § 61.13(3), Fla. Stat. (2022) (providing that a trial court

may modify a parenting plan upon a showing of a substantial, material and

unanticipated change in circumstances, and modification is in the best

interests of the child); George v. Lull, 181 So. 3d 538, 540 (Fla. 4th DCA

2015) (“[T]he petitioning party has the extraordinary burden to prove the

substantial change in circumstances.”); Ezra v. Ezra, 299 So. 3d at 466, 468-

69 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020 (recognizing that the standard of review for modifying

a parenting plan is abuse of discretion and concluding that “the decision [of

the trial court] to afford the mother the sole parental responsibility for

educational and medical needs of the children is well-supported by

competent, substantial evidence.”).

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