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JOHNSON v. DENTON

No. 88-1871.

542 So.2d 447 (1989)

Robert H. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. Laurie A. DENTON, Etc., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Murrell of Sam E. Murrell & Sons, Orlando, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Eric J. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for Appellee Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services.

No Appearance, for appellee Denton.

ORFINGER, Judge.

Robert Johnson appeals the order denying his motion for change of custody of his daughter. We hold that the lower court should not have exercised its jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. §§ 61.1302-61.1348, Fla. Stat. (1987) (UCCJA). Accordingly, we reverse.

Robert Johnson and Laurie Denton were divorced in Arkansas on July 17, 1985. The divorce judgment awarded the mother custody of the daughter born March...

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