Wilson v. Zambito

Jennifer Wilson (the mother) seeks review of a nonfinal order of the Broward County circuit court denying her motion to dismiss petition to establish paternity for lack of jurisdiction. We have certiorari jurisdiction, see Snider v. Snider, 686 So.2d 802, 803 n. 1 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997), and grant the petition.

The child in question was born in Rochester, New York, in 1998, and lived there with her mother all her life until the mother relocated to Florida in February 2000. In May 2000, Robert Zambito filed a petition in the Broward County circuit court to establish paternity and seeking…