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DUCKWORTH v. DUCKWORTH

No. 81-2018.

414 So.2d 562 (1982)

Stephen M. DUCKWORTH, Appellant, v. Ingrid O. DUCKWORTH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.J. Barranco, Jr. and Steven Kellough, Miami, for appellant.

Levey & Cowan and Judy D. Shapiro, Miami, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.

NESBITT, Judge.

Acting on the advice of her New York attorney, Ingrid Duckworth ignored both Florida summons and a petition for dissolution of marriage served upon her at her place of employment in New York City. The attorney, who is also a member of the Florida Bar, apparently believed that the service of process was void because Ingrid had instituted her own dissolution action in the New York courts. The clerk entered a default in the Florida action. Ingrid had...

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