Ward v. Estate of Ward

Petitioners seek certiorari review of a circuit court decision affirming an eviction order rendered by a county court. For the reasons that follow, we grant the petition for a writ of certiorari.

By statute, county courts exercise jurisdiction to decide actions for eviction, but circuit courts have exclusive original jurisdiction in ejectment actions. See §§ 26.012(2)(f), 88.59(2), Fla. Stat. (2006) (providing, respectively, for circuit courts’ jurisdiction in cases involving ejectment and for county courts’ jurisdiction in cases involving eviction). In their answer to the complaint for…