JONES v. FIRST BORN CHURCH COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Andrew J. JONES, Appellant, v. FIRST BORN CHURCH COMMUNITY OUTREACH, INC., Appellee.

No. 3D24-1481

Decided: February 05, 2025

Before LOGUE, C.J., and FERNANDEZ and MILLER, JJ.

Andrew J. Jones, in proper person. Dale C. Glassford, P.A., and Dale C. Glassford, for appellee.

In this dispute over the control of a religious institution, appellant, Andrew J. Jones, challenges a final judgment rendered in favor of appellee, First Born Church Community Outreach, Inc.,¹ following a nonjury trial. Recognizing the trial court's superior vantage point and constrained by the relatively undeveloped record, we find no abuse of discretion in the determination rendered below and write only to commend the trial judge on his measured and thoughtful order. See Brown v. State, 959 So. 2d 146, 150 (Fla. 2007) (“[Q]uestions relating to evidentiary weight and credibility of witnesses are reserved to the trial court.”).

Affirmed.

FOOTNOTES

1. As noted by the trial court, appellee's name has changed to Gateway Community Outreach Church, Inc.

PER CURIAM.

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