Tonkin v. Sonnenberg

SHARP, Chief Judge.

Tonkin appeals from the order of the Brevard County Circuit Court which dismissed a proceeding to modify visitation and child support rights established by a 1979 dissolution judgment rendered by the circuit court of Pinellas county. The Brevard court relied upon Wells v. Ward, 314 So.2d 138 (Fla.1975), in dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction over the child custody/visitation issues. We reverse.

Allen and Mary Ann Tonkin were divorced in 1979 in Pinellas County. She was given custody of the parties’ three minor children and Allen was given visitation rights and…