Legal Opinion
Durham v. Butler
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided May 30, 2012No. 3D11-2641PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
Rebekah Durham (the mother) appeals from a Florida circuit court order denying her motion to dismiss Robert Butler’s (the father) complaint for paternity. She asserts that because there is a pending appeal in a Missouri court which had original jurisdiction over this matter, the Florida court erred.in concluding it had jurisdiction. By previous order of this Court we treat this appeal as a petition for writ of prohibition. We find that, pursuant to section 61.519(1), Florida Statutes (2011), the trial court currently lacks jurisdiction, and we grant the petition.
Background
The parties are the…
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