# Pedersen v. Pedersen

> District Court of Appeal of Florida · February 28, 2000 · 752 So. 2d 89

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7729830

## Case

- **Full name:** William L. PEDERSEN, III v. Debra Ann Barker PEDERSEN
- **Court:** District Court of Appeal of Florida
- **Decided:** February 28, 2000
- **Citations:** 752 So. 2d 89; 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 1924; 2000 WL 220434
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Miner
- **Judges:** Miner, Padovano, Wolf
- **Cited by:** 7 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that the view that Smoak , Henderson , and similar cases precluded using voluntary relinquishment of custody as a basis for modification under any circumstances was "misleading and overly broad," and reversing dismissal of petition for modification *759where the mother…
- holding that the view that Smoak, Henderson, and similar cases precluded using voluntary relinquishment of custody as a basis for modification under any circumstances was “misleading and overly broad,” and reversing dismissal of petition for modification where the mother volun…

## Opinion text

MINER, J.
dissents with opinion.
Given the informal nature of the relationship between the parties hereto and their children (one of whom will reach his majority later this year and the other of whom will celebrate her 15th birthday in April) over the past few years, I am of the view that the trial court did not err in concluding that the former husband’s petition for modification should be dismissed. Thus, I respectfully dissent.

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