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· 5/17/2024

Ex parte J.M. and I.M. PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS (In re: J.M. and I.M. v. Lee County Department of Human Resources and N.D.) (Lee Juvenile Court: JU-20-257.01 Civil Appeals: CL-2022-0928).

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  • noting that riparian owners have the exclusive right to erect and maintain docks along the shore
  • recognizing not only lot-owner rights in the abutting roadway stretching between the lots and the waterway but also riparian rights
  • referring to land bounded by a natural water source as riparian land
  • “a statutory dedication requires the same acceptance by the public as a dedication at common law”
  • the owner of a lot possesses a right of ingress and egress to and from an abutting public road
  • “title to a street that is vacated or abandoned vests in the owners of the lots abutting the street”

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Judges: Stewart, J.

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