Department of Revenue ex rel. G.J.W. v. B.E.F.

KELLY, Judge.

The Department of Revenue appeals from the trial court’s order that dismisses its complaint to determine paternity on the basis that the Department failed to establish personal jurisdiction over the appel-lee/putative father who resides in North Carolina. Because the complaint alleges sufficient facts to establish long-arm jurisdiction, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Section 48.193, Florida Statutes (1991), states, “[wjith respect to a proceeding for paternity,” a person subjects himself to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state by “engaging in the act of…