Posted by Nydia Streets of Streets Law in Florida Family Law Procedure
Is all relevant evidence admissible in a Florida family law case? The short answer is no. This was an issue in the case Gonzalez v. Manesh, 3D24-0741 (Fla. 3d DCA November 5, 2025).
This appellate opinion does not give background information, but states that the lower court’s ruling is affirmed, citing as follows: “See § 90.403, Fla. Stat. (2024) (‘Relevant evidence is inadmissible if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of issues, misleading the jury, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.’); Sims v. Brown, 574 So. 2d 131, 133 (Fla. 1991) (‘The weighing of relevance versus prejudice or confusion is best performed by the trial judge who is present and best able to compare the two.’); Trees v. K-Mart Corp., 467 So. 2d 401, 403 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985) (‘The determination of relevancy is within the discretion of the trial court. Where a trial court has weighed probative value against prejudicial impact before reaching its decision to admit or exclude evidence, an appellate court will not overturn that decision absent a clear abuse of discretion.’) [. . .].”
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