Garces v. Legarda

By petition for writ of certiorari, Maria Fernanda Obando Garces sought review of circuit court orders entered August 26 and 29, 2011. The August 29 order superseded the August 26 order. Treating the petition for writ of certiorari as a notice of appeal addressed to the nonfinal order issued August 29, 2011, see Fla. R.App. P. 9.130(a)(3)(C)(iii), we vacate the order under review and dismiss the appeal as moot.

As best we can ascertain from the parties’ pleadings, the parties agree that, in February of 2008, Ms. Obando Garces arrived in Florida, her two minor children in tow. The children’s…