Shaw v. Hughes

Goolsby, Judge:

Pennie Hughes Shaw appeals the dismissal of her action against Joseph M. Hughes, her former husband and a resident of Georgia, for malicious prosecution and enforcement of a restraining order issued by a Florida family court. The trial court quashed the service of process on Mr: Hughes and dismissed the. action for lack of jurisdiction over Mr. Hughes’ person. We affirm.

A 1985 Florida decree dissolving the parties’ marriage and apportioning their marital property awarded Mr. Hughes a gun collection. Mr. Hughes kept the collection, which consists of twelve gun's, in Edgefield,…