816 So. 2d 540 - Shaw v. Shaw’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “In Williams , the post-dissolution complaint addressed only the limited issue of child support arrearages. Because the scope of the hearing was so limited, due process required that the trial court address only those matters and issues for which the parties had proper notice and an opportunity to be heard. Here, in contrast, the trial court entered its order in the context of a full and final dissolution hearing designed to resolve the broad matters of custody, parental responsibility, primary residence, and visitation. In this case the father had notice that the parties would be litigating the issue of parental responsibility ... and that matters related to the best interests of the child would be fully explored. Under these circumstances, the trial court had authority to impose a parenting course requirement on one or both parents as part of its broad, inherent authority to act in the best interests of the child involved.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Moncher v. Maine