Lawrence v. Lawrence

MILLEDGE, Associate Judge.

The plaintiff’s wife filed suit for divorce in Dade County, serving the defendant, a New Jersey resident, by publication. He appeared specially and moved to dismiss the complaint for want of jurisdiction over either of the parties. In support of his motion he argued in writing the legal effect of a court order, a copy of which he made part of his motion. This was an order dated June 26, 1959, of a New Jersey court restraining the wife from executing her threat to take the children out of New Jersey or to commence a suit for divorce in the courts of any state except…