Courtheoux v. George

SCHEB, Chief Judge.

Zilla Courtheoux challenges the trial court’s dismissal of her suit seeking to domesticate a judgment for child support that she obtained against her former husband in New York. We reverse.

At trial Courtheoux, as plaintiff, introduced into evidence duly authenticated copies of a judgment for $40,040 entered against defendant Alfred George on July 25, 1980, by the supreme court in Monroe County, New York. The court received the documents, which showed personal service on the defendant, pursuant to section 90.-902, Florida Statutes (1979), and the plaintiff rested. The…