Stewart v. Coleman

ROBERT P. SMITH, Chief Judge.

We affirm the circuit court’s order changing the venue of this paternity suit from Liberty County, where the plaintiff mother filed the action, to Leon County. By virtue of Section 742.021, Florida Statutes (1979), plaintiff was entitled to select venue as between “the county in which the woman resides or the county in which the alleged father resides.” Because venue was properly laid in Liberty County, where the mother lived at the time of filing, the defendant father was not entitled as of right to venue in Leon County, notwithstanding that other litigation…