Kopecky v. Kopecka

Appellant, Peter Kopecky (husband), appeals from the trial court’s sua sponte dismissal of his petition for dissolution of his marriage to Appellee, Lucia Kopecka (wife),1 for lack of jurisdiction and improper venue. We reverse and remand.

The husband was married to the wife on July 17, 1993 in Slovakia. The parties have one minor child, born in Slovakia on March 15, 1994. The family moved from Slovakia to North Carolina in 2001. When the husband came home one day, the wife and child were gone and he has not seen them since. The husband moved to Hills-borough County, Florida, in December 2003…