Posted by Nydia Streets of Streets Law in Florida Child Custody

What is intentional interference with custody rights in Florida? This is a cause of action for which a third party can be sued for interfering with a parent’s custodial rights of a child. To prove a claim for this cause of action, a parent must show: “(1) the complaining parent has a right to establish or maintain a parental or custodial relationship with his/her minor child; (2) a party outside of the relationship between the complaining parent and his/her child intentionally interfered with the complaining parent’s parental or custodial relationship with his/her child by removing or detaining the child from returning to the complaining parent, without that parent’s consent, or by otherwise preventing the complaining parent from exercising his/her parental or custodial rights; (3) the outside party’s intentional interference caused harm to the complaining parent’s parental or custodial relationship with his/her child; and (4) damages resulted from such interference.” Glegg v. Van Den Hurk, 4D2023-0026 (Fla. 4th DCA January 10, 2024).