Kessler v. Kessler

KLEIN, Judge.

Petitioner seeks certiorari review of an order staying Florida proceedings pending a South Carolina action involving modification of the custody provisions of a final order of dissolution. We have certiorari jurisdiction to review such a stay order. REWJB Gas Investments v. Land O’Sun Realty, Ltd., 643 So.2d 1107 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). We grant the petition because the trial court’s deferral to South Carolina contravenes the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act.

The parties’ marriage was dissolved in a partial final judgment in 1993, and custody of their two children was resolved…