Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

As a general rule, your child's father has a right to "custody" of your daughter while you are deployed or transferred to a place where your daughter cannot reside. Then, by both Florida and Federal law, you are permitted to automatically had your daughter return to you when you return or transferred to a place where your daughter can reside. Your certified letter to your child's father is irrelevant, though it isn't unwise. Recently, however, Florida law has changed to allow grandparents to petition for temporary custody of a child of a service member while that service member is transferred to a place where a child cannot reside. You should speak to a Florida lawyer about this type of petition.