McCARTHY v. ALEXANDER

No. 2D00-3086.

786 So.2d 1284 (2001)

Deborah Ann McCARTHY, Appellant, v. Leslie Marion ALEXANDER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 22, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia L. Greene of Law Offices of Cynthia L. Greene, P.A., Miami; and Law Offices of John E. Long, Jr., P.A., Naples, for Appellant.

Deborah Marks of Abrams, Etter & Marks, P.A., Miami, for Appellee.


BLUE, Acting Chief Judge.

Deborah Ann McCarthy appeals the dismissal of her petition for dissolution of marriage based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction. She argues that she has met the statutory residency requirement, even though she has not been physically present in Florida for six months. We conclude the trial court correctly ruled that McCarthy did not meet the residency requirements of the statute; we therefore affirm.

"To obtain a dissolution of...

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