Howell v. Howell

HALL, Judge.

The appellant wife, Vera Lorraine Howell, challenges the order dismissing her amended petition for alimony and child support unconnected with dissolution. The trial court based its order on a lack of jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. We reverse.

In September 1988, the appellant brought her four minor children to Florida from Missouri to visit her ailing father. In November 1988, the appellant filed a petition pursuant to section 61.09, Florida Statutes (1987), for alimony and child support without dissolution of marriage in which she sought…