Winton-Ibanez v. Ibanez

COPE, Judge.

Stacey Winton-Ibanez appeals the trial court’s order declining to exercise jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA). We treat the non-final appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari. See Kessler v. Davidian, 673 So. 2d 957 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996); Pefaur v. Pefaur, 617 So.2d 426, 427 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993). We conclude that the trial court properly declined jurisdiction in favor of the home state, France, and deny the petition.

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Petitioner-mother Stacey Winton-Ibanez and respondent-father Franck Louis Ibanez were married in 1992. The child of the marriage was…