JEFFREY LANCE BUTLER, FATHER, v. STEPHANIE HALL F/K/A STEPHANIE BUTLER, MOTHER
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA JEFFREY LANCE BUTLER, father, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED Appellant, CASE NO. 1D13-250 v. STEPHANIE HALL f/k/a STEPHANIE BUTLER, mother, Appellee. _____________________________/ Opinion filed August 15, 2013. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. Josefina Tamayo, Judge. Maggie McCall Moody of McCall Moody Law Firm, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Thomas J. Schulte, Jr. of Judkins, Simpson, High & Schulte, Tallahassee, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. Appellant, Jeffrey Lance Butler, appeals a non-final order granting his petition for modification and argues in part that the trial court s written judgment as to the parties timesharing schedule with their three minor children is inconsistent with the trial court s oral pronouncement on this issue. We agree and reverse as to this issue. The trial court clearly stated during the hearing addressing the petition that Appellee, Stephanie Hall, was to have the children every Wednesday night and every other weekend. However, in its written judgment, the trial court also gave Appellee an alternating Thursday night and found that Appellant would have fiftyeight percent of the overnights with the children throughout the year and that Appellee would have forty-two percent of the overnights. Reversal is required where a written judgment is inconsistent with a trial court s oral pronouncement. See Judkins v. State, Dep t of Revenue, 84 So. 3d 462, 462-63 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012); Brewer v. Brewer, 3 So. 3d 432, 433 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009); Gallardo v. Gallardo, 593 So. 2d 522, 524 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991). We, therefore, reverse the written judgment as to the timesharing issue and remand with instructions that the trial court conform the judgment to its oral pronouncement as to this issue and correct the percentages for the parties overnights with the children. We find no merit in Appellant s other arguments on appeal. AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; and REMANDED with instructions. LEWIS, C.J., BENTON and WETHERELL, JJ., CONCUR. 2
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