by Paula Hines | Apr 4, 2014 | Cases, Family Law
135 So. 3d 537 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014) In a divorce case involving numerous issues, the Firm persuaded the appellate court to find that the former husband was entitled to credit for certain material funds used during the proceeding to pay attorney’s fees.
by Paula Hines | Nov 14, 2013 | Cases, Family Law
126 So. 3d 1236 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013) In a complicated case involving an adoption agency and the father of a child, the Firm successfully persuaded the appellate court to reverse and remand an Order which dismissed the adoption agency’s second petition to terminate...
by Paula Hines | Nov 7, 2013 | Cases, Family Law
129 So. 3d 320 (Fla. 2013) In this groundbreaking parental rights case, the Supreme Court of Florida (in a lengthy 4-3 decision) agreed with the Firm that its client, T.M.H., had parental rights to a child she raised with her partner, D.M.T. The same sex couple wanted...
by Paula Hines | Aug 23, 2013 | Cases, Plantiffs
120 So. 3d 215 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013) In a tragic case, an infant died two days after birth when he contracted Group B Streptococcus. The trial court granted summary judgment in the hospital’s favor, and the Firm appealed that ruling. In reversing, the appellate court...
by Paula Hines | Aug 16, 2013 | Cases, Plantiffs
121 So. 3d 1097 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013) This case involves the tragic death of Ereck Plancher, a 19 year old football player at the University of Central Florida who was killed by the negligence of the football staff. The appeal involved two primary issues, one involving...
by Paula Hines | Jun 25, 2013 | Cases, Property Rights
133 S. Ct. 2586 (2013) On the second to last day of the October 2012 term, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in this important property rights case. Attorney Chris Carlyle, along with trial counsel Michael D. Jones and the Pacific Legal Foundation,...
