Table of Contents

Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

Table of Authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Statement of the Case and Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Summary of the Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Argument I:
The child custody and child support judgments of Theresa’s original
family court case are res judicata against Stephen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Argument II:
Even if Stephen had followed the proper course of law, in the first place, via
petition or motion to modify that binding prior judgment, his felony child
molestation convictions, and rampant “unclean hands” in the entire matter,
would still have easily precluded any such modification of Theresa’s
child custody. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Argument III:
Since the entire “second divorce” action by Stephen is void and/or voidable,
due largely to his various acts of fraud upon the court, the habeas court
should have continued jurisdiction, held hearing, and restored custody
and support to Theresa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Argument IV:
Theresa is now entitled to the immediate return of her minor children back
to their home domicile in the State of Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Certificate of Service

Certificate of Compliance

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 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

The United States Constitution

The First Amendment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 9

The Fourth Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 9
The Fifth Amendment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 9
The Fourteenth Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 9

United States Cases

United States v. Throckmorton, 98 U.S. 61, 68-72, 25 L.Ed. 93 (1878) . . 11

The Florida Constitution

Art. I, § 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 12
Art. I, § 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 9, 12
Art. I, § 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 12
Art. I, § 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 13
Art. I, § 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 12

Florida Cases

Belford v. Belford, 159 Fla. 547, 32 So. 2d 312 (Fla. 1947) . . . . . . . . . 5

Cooper v. Gress, 854 So. 2d 262 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
DeClaire v. Yohanan, 453 So. 2d 375, 377 (Fla. 1984) . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Greene v. Suhor, 783 So. 2d 290, 290-91 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001) . . . . . . 9
Mooney v. Mooney, 729 So. 2d 1015, 1016 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999) . . . . . 8
Newsom v. Newsom, 759 So. 2d 718, 719 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000) . . . . . . 5
Wade v. Hirschman, 903 So. 2d 928 (Fla. 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, 5, 9
Zediker v. Zediker, 444 So. 2d 1034 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984) . . . . . . . . . .5

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Florida Statutory Law

§ 39.0139, Fla. Stat. (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 12

§ 61.021, Fla. Stat. (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 11
§ 61.11, Fla. Stat. (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
§ 61.13001, Fla. Stat. (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 8, 12
§ 61.45, Fla. Stat. (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
§ 61.507, Fla. Stat. (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
§ 61.515, Fla. Stat. (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
§ 787.03, Fla. Stat. (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
§ 787.04, Fla. Stat. (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
§ 837.06, Fla. Stat. (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
§ 843.0855, Fla. Stat. (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Other Authorities

Black's Law Dictionary 595 (rev. 5th ed. 1979) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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