In Re: Amendments to Rule Regulating The Florida Bar 4-5.5

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• holding that “[b]ecause standing goes to a party’s capacity to sue, a standing objection is properly raised by an objection under Rule 1028(a)(5)”
• recognizing relevant time frame to determine whether party stands in loco parentis is when party developed relationship with child with acquiescence or encouragement of natural parent
• finding third party had not assumed parental status or discharged parental duties either prior to, or after, the couple’s separation
• bonding evaluation not required where evidence did not demonstrate assumption and discharge of parental duties
• affirming trial court’s order on the basis that the Court could discern no legal error in trial court’s analysis, which included credibility determinations, regarding whether the appellant stood in loco parentis
• “Because standing goes to a party’s capacity to sue, a standing objection is properly raised by an objection under Rule 1028(a)(5).”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).