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NICOLL v. BAKER

No. 94-02684.

652 So.2d 417 (1995)

Frank S. NICOLL, Jr., Petitioner, v. The Honorable Franklin G. BAKER, Circuit Judge of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit in and for Hendry County, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 15, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Jay Watkins of Watkins & Ramunni, P.A., LaBelle, and Gerald W. Pierce of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., Fort Myers, for petitioner.

Frank C. Alderman, III, of Alderman & Ahlbrand, P.A., Fort Myers, for respondent.

BLUE, Judge.

Frank S. Nicoll, Jr., petitions for a writ of prohibition seeking to prohibit the circuit court from exercising subject matter jurisdiction. Nicoll contends that a new definition in chapter 88, Florida Statutes (1993), the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA), has limited jurisdiction under URESA to child support and thus provides no jurisdiction for enforcement of only alimony. We agree and grant the petition but certify to the...

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