Manipulative Father In Child Custody Hearings

My question involves a child custody case from the State of: FLORIDA

For the last 9 months my girlfriend has been involved in a nasty child custody case. Her father which has been "fighting" for her custody has just been using her as a pawn to get his ex-wife to stop asking for alimony. He has verbally assaulted my girlfriend calling her a whore, and making fun of her for not being able to be with her mom, on one occasion he pushed her and she called the cops on him but they did not do anything because they said he's allowed to discipline her how he chooses. The judge in charge of the case keeps agreeing with her father since he has full custody. She is 17 years old but the judge dismissed her testimony saying that her mom manipulated her into testifying against her dad and saying she wanted to live with her mom, even though that is not true. The judge ordered that they had to go to a family counselor. Her mother has paid for a counselor for months and her father has never showed up to one meeting. After almost 8 weeks since the last hearing the judge ruled the next one won't be until July.
The mothers visitation rights have also been dropped from 2 weeks out of the month, to only 2 weekends a month and every wensday.
She was hospitalized early in the year for a brain hemorrhage and the father never notified the mother to let her know her daughter was in the emergency center for almost a week.
The judge also ruled she cannot see me without her mother present even though i have no criminal record, no history with drugs or alchohol. I'm 17 years old as well, graduating top 20% of my senior class with 3 awards in my academy, I'm not a bad person, is it legal for the judge to pass that rule?
There is no end in sight and this has been very stressful on my girlfriend as she cries every night. HELP

Until she turns 18, she's under parental authority. The judge can impose restrictions on the parents (such as not letting her see you without parental supervision), that the judge believes are in her best interest.

she has sent countless emails to the judge stating that she does not feel comfortable or safe in her fathers house because he screams at her and has pushed her as i stated before. how is that in her best interest?

she was allowed to choose which parent she wanted to live with when the divorce was final when she was 13 years old (4 years ago) but now the judge does not allow her to choose.

The judge has evaluated the evidence and has made a decision. When that happens, most of the time at least one person is unhappy with the outcome.

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she has sent countless emails to the judge stating that she does not feel comfortable or safe in her fathers house because he screams at her and has pushed her as i stated before. how is that in her best interest?

she was allowed to choose which parent she wanted to live with when the divorce was final when she was 13 years old (4 years ago) but now the judge does not allow her to choose.

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There is a reason for that. You need to understand that the judge is basing his decision on many factors that you, as the CHILD'S boyfriend, are not privy to.

When she is 18 she can live where she wants.

in florida your allowed to choose what parent you want to live in when your 13 years old, if shes 17 years old why is this case different?

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in florida your allowed to choose what parent you want to live in when your 13 years old, if shes 17 years old why is this case different?

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Really? Care to provide the statute or case law for that assertion? Because the ONLY state that allows a child (14) to decide where they live recently stopped doing that. And that state was NOT Florida.

yea 4 years ago when they got divorced she was 13 and the judged allowed her to choose who she wanted to be with

That's not Florida law, although upon the request of the parents courts in most states will listen to a child's preference once they're old enough to state an informed preference. The fact that the judge, after considering the best interest factors, ultimately made a decision consistent with the child's preference is not the same thing as letting the child choose.

would you be able to show me the law or statue that shows that she does not have the right to choose? especially when her father has verbally abused her and has not complied with the court and has lied under oath, she has it all on tape but the court will not accept audio recordings as evidence. he even stopped feeding her and the mother had to take her food for over a month she lost almost 10 pounds (it was taken to court but the court dismissed that as evidence as well) but i guess that's not enough for her to have the "right" to live with her mom who has 2 loving grandparents who care for her while her father has a mother who told her "she was dead to her" after she told her she wanted to move in with her mother. i'm sure her fathers family is much more of a home for her.