Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

Re: child custody

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She would need to make arrangements with an attorney to draft the necessary paperwork and meet with her in the jail or have it sent to her at the jail to have it signed so that the temporary custody can be switched. This can only be done if she voluntarily gave the custody to her sister in the first place and not if it was done by a court order.

Scott R. Jay, Esq.