Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

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A divorce father of a 17 year old child

Mother has full custody

child blame father for braking family apart

father is active with child and never failed to pay child support

child was driving speed limit and not impaired

comming from work at about 10.00 Pm

Child car was broadsided by luxury vehicle driven by a

professional Nascar driver-(child killed in crash)

Professional driver was driving at a very high speed

and ran a red light at an intersection and plowed into child car

professional nascar driver blood and alcohol level was highr than

legal limits. Professional Nascar driver a known alcoholic drunk

heavily at Hooters he left there at 9:45. witness stated that the

bartenders served 3 pitchers of beer and 6 shots of tequila-

Unaware if he was alone or with company-he was never refused a

drink. The car the professional driver was driving belongs to his

wife. Wife knows he has a poor credit history and could not ever

purchase a car on his own. Can the child father sue to recover loss

of his son even though he was not the residential or custodial

parent.

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