Oscar David GIBSON a/K/a James Clinton Parker, Petitioner,
v.
Patricia Gibson BENNETT, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Florida.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 10, 1990.
May 10, 1990.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mark P. Kelly of Freeman & Lopez, P.A., Tampa, for petitioner.
Patricia Ann Bennett, Springfield, Va., pro se.
Joseph R. Boyd and William H. Branch of Boyd & Branch, P.A., Tallahassee, and Chriss Walker, Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Tallahassee, amicus curiae for Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services.
Louis F. Hubener, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, amicus curiae for Robert A. Butterworth, as Atty. Gen. of the State of Fla.
Kathy G. Chinoy of the Law Offices of Chinoy & Soud, Jacksonville, and Sally F. Goldarb, New York City, amicus curiae for NOW Legal Defense and Educ. Fund.
June K. Inuzuka, Staff Atty., Washington, D.C., amicus curiae for Women's Equity Action League.
John A. Rupp, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., amicus curiae for Mary Sue Terry, as Atty. Gen. of the State of Va.
Supreme Court of Florida.
KOGAN, Justice.
We have for review Bennett v. Gibson,510 So.2d 1234, 1237 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987), in which the district court certified the following question of great public importance:
DO THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF THIS STATE HAVE JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE A FOREIGN JUDGMENT FOR ARREARAGES OF ALIMONY OR CHILD SUPPORT BY MEANS OF EQUITABLE REMEDIES INCLUDING CONTEMPT?
We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4)...
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