Legal Opinion · Dissent
Mann v. Yeatts
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 5, 2013No. 5D11-3762Published
1DissentGriffin, J.
I respectfully dissent.
Mann filed his petition for modification of a paternity support order, pursuant to section 61.14, Florida Statutes, in his home county of Putnam. Indisputably, this was a statutorily authorized venue choice. Venue was proper in Putnam County. The majority concedes this point.
In response to the filing of Mann’s petition in Putnam County, Yeatts did two things: she filed her own action in Hills-borough County, where she resided, and she filed a motion to transfer Mann’s case to the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. Yeatts’ motion to move the case to Hillsborough was based on a…
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