Guggiari v. Peralta

Jose Luis Jara Guggiari, and Eulalia Acosta Jara Peralta, husband and wife in a Paraguayan divorce proceeding, dispute the ownership of some $800,000, in certificates of deposit, located in a Miami bank.1 Ms. Peralta filed an action in a Dade circuit court, arguing .that a Paraguayan judgment issued in her favor entitled her to the asset. Mr. Jara Guggiari maintained the judgment was under appeal, and he was entitled to immediate release of the funds, which were in his name. Initially, the Miami trial court issued an order reflecting its intention to honor the Paraguayan judgment, see §…