DIXON v. MELTON

Nos. 87-853, 87-854.

515 So.2d 1309 (1987)

Mary Nell DIXON, Petitioner, v. Ronald H. MELTON, et al., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marva A. Davis, Quincy, for petitioner.

Larry D. Simpson of Davis, Judkins & Simpson, Tallahassee, for respondents.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioner seeks a writ prohibiting respondent, the Honorable Judge Victor M. Cawthon, of the Second Judicial Circuit, from exercising jurisdiction over an adoption proceeding in the First Judicial Circuit. We grant the relief requested.

Petitioner and Ronald M. Melton were divorced in Leon County in 1985. They had one child, Michelle, who was born in 1984. Ronald died in an automobile accident in 1986...

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