Prager v. Mitchell

GOSHORN, Judge.

The father appeals from the order sua sponte dismissing his child custody complaint for lack of jurisdiction based on the father’s failure to provide the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (“UCCJA”) affidavit required by section 61.132(1), Florida Statutes (1993).1 We affirm.

The father’s complaint, filed only four months after the children moved to Hawaii, alleged that the children had lived in Orlando since their births and that the mother had removed them to Hawaii to conceal their whereabouts. The mother filed a pro se answer informing the court that she had sought…