No. 24-7518

Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Natasha Katherina Smith

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2025-06-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-review best-interest-standard child-custody judicial-discretion motion-denial timesharing
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1 SHOULD THE TRIAL COURT 'S DENIAL OF THE PETITIONER 'S
MOTION FOR UNSUPERVISED TIMESHARING SHOULD BE
REVERSED BECAUSE THE ORDER DENYING THE MOTION DOES
NOT CONTAIN SPECIFIC FINDINGS OF FACT OR CONCLUSIONS OF
LAW SUFFICIENT TO DETERMINE IF THE COURT 'S DECISION WAS
BASED UPON THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD?

2 DID THE TRIAL COURT ABUSE ITS DISCRETION WHEN IT
DENTED PETITIONER 'S MOTION FOR UNSUPERVISED RELEASE
BECMJSE THEREWAS NO SUBSTANTIALXOMPETENT 'EVIDENCE
TO SUPPORT THE LOWER COURT 'S DENIAL OF PETITIONER
MOTION FOR UNSUPERVISED TIMESHARING?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the trial court's denial of unsupervised timesharing was improper due to lack of specific findings of fact or conclusions of law

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
2025-08-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2024-12-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 28, 2025)

Attorneys

Samuel Lee Smith
Samuel Lee Smith Jr. — Petitioner