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S.S. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

No. 4D02-4837.

851 So.2d 306 (2003)

S.S., the Father, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 6, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen K. Pena of the Law Office of Kathleen K. Pena, Ft. Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lori R. Shapiro, Assistant Attorney General, Ft. Lauderdale, for respondent.

KLEIN, J.

We grant the father's petition for writ of prohibition in which he asserts that Florida does not have subject matter jurisdiction over T.S., his child, under the Uniform Custody Jurisdiction Act, section 61.514, Florida Statutes (2002).

Before the birth of T.S., his parents and their two other children lived in Florida, but left the state in 1994 after child sexual abuse charges were filed against the father...

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