Baynes v. Baynes

The former husband appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to set aside a final dissolution judgment for improper service of process wherein his interest in certain real property was transferred to the former wife as equitable distribution. At the outset, we note that the former husband does not seek to overturn the dissolution, rather, he seeks only to have the court’s equitable distribution contained in the judgment reversed.

The parties were married in New York in 1989. Shortly thereafter, the former wife moved to Florida and the former husband remained in New York. During the…