Opinion
No. 98-1813
October 14, 1998
Appeal of a non-final order from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Robert Lance Andrews, Judge; L.T. No. 96-17518 09.
David J. Weiss of Parrillo, Weiss O'Halloran, Miami, for appellant.
No appearance for appellee.
Renee Pilawski appeals from a nonfinal order denying her motion to dismiss a complaint pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.070(j), and finding that her filing of the motion resulted in her acceptance of service of process. Although we affirm the court's denying the motion to dismiss, we reverse that part of the order finding Pilawski submitted to the court's jurisdiction by filing the motion to dismiss. The law is clear that a party does not subject himself to the court's jurisdiction by merely filing a Rule 1.070(j) motion to dismiss. Honorat v. Genova, 579 So.2d 286, 287 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991).
Pilawski also argues on appeal that her filing of her answer and affirmative defenses did not waive her defense of lack of personal jurisdiction. We do not address this issue because the record does not show that the trial court has yet ruled on it.
REVERSED and REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
STEVENSON, J., and OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., Senior Judge, concur.