Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

You have to file a motion and have the judge decide.

Review the court's Order/Final Judgment. It normally defines how the school will be chosen. If it does not then someone must file a Motion and ask the Judge to decide.

Before I can give a specific answer, I would need more info, such as, is this a divorce, paternity or they have never been to court (thus, no final judgment). You say they have joint custody, but doesn't specify if by court order.

If there is a court order, they should have shared parental responsibility, which means equal decision making on these types of issues. Your daughter can enroll the child in the school of her choice and base her decision on fact: it is in the best interests of the child. Can father stop her? He would have to file a motion with Court...the two would either be sent to mediation to try to resolve issue or have a hrg. in front of judge or both.

Hope this helps.

Tom Rosenblum

Mr. Rosenblum is correct. If you have joint custody, then the decisions are suppose to be joint as well. If you can not come to a reasonable decision, then enroll the child in the school of your choice and have bio dad file a Motion to have the child placed elsewhere. I doubt that he would have a good reason and am inclined to believe the judge will deny it as baseless.