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SIEGEL v. SIEGEL

No. 88-1902.

548 So.2d 266 (1989)

James D. SIEGEL, Appellant, v. Victoria B. SIEGEL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied September 8, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Hosch, Jr. and Roger J. McDonald of Butler, McDonald & Moon, Orlando, for appellant.

Dominick J. Salfi, Altamonte Springs, for appellee.

ORFINGER, Judge.

James Siegel appeals a final judgment dissolving his marriage to Victoria Siegel and granting her custody of their minor child. The appellant's principal argument is that the Florida court should have declined to exercise its jurisdiction over custody proceedings begun in Florida by the wife under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. We agree and reverse the custody determination.

The Siegels were married in 1981 in Florida and have...

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