WATERS v. WATERS

No. 90-03061.

578 So.2d 874 (1991)

Raymond E. WATERS and Mary I. Waters, Appellants, v. Melissa Faith WATERS and Mickey Turner, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Medeiros, Lakeland, for appellants.

No appearance for appellees.


SCHEB, Judge.

This appeal involves a circuit court's jurisdiction in custody matters. The appellants, Raymond and Mary Waters, sought custody of their grandchild. The appellees, Melissa Waters, daughter of the appellants and mother of the child, and Mickey Turner, the father, agreed that custody should be with the appellants.

The trial court, however, dismissed the appellants' petition with prejudice, finding that it did not have jurisdiction. The reason given...

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