Opinion
No. 4D05-637.
May 18, 2005.
Petition for writ of prohibition to the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Renee Goldenberg, Judge; L.T. Case No. 04-18609 3696.
Dexter F. George of the Law Office of Dexter F. George, Dania, for petitioner.
No response filed for respondent.
The petition for writ of prohibition is granted. The Miami-Dade circuit court was the first to acquire jurisdiction of this matter. Thus, under the principle of priority, the Miami-Dade court has exclusive jurisdiction. Graham v. Graham, 648 So.2d 814, 816 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995) (explaining "where courts within one sovereignty have concurrent jurisdiction, the court which first exercises its jurisdiction acquires exclusive jurisdiction to proceed with that case").
FARMER, C.J., SHAHOOD and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.