MORALES v. SALAZAR

No. 5D02-3151.

833 So.2d 226 (2002)

Rose MORALES, Petitioner, v. Richard SALAZAR, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard D. Friedman of Heller & Friedman, P.A., Orlando, for Petitioner.

Amy E. Goodblatt of Shepard, Filburn & Goodblatt, P.A., Orlando, for Respondent.


ORFINGER, R.B., J.

Rose Morales asks this court to prohibit the circuit court of Seminole County, Florida from exercising jurisdiction over a petition to modify child custody filed by Richard Salazar, the father of their minor child. Morales contends that under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA),1 the circuit court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to modify the prior custody determination made by a New York court. We agree...

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