Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2006

Brodie v. Foley & Lardner

Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided May 17, 2006 · Cope, Gersten, Shepherd

932 So. 2d 440; 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 7693; 2006 WL 1330368 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Sidney Z. Brodie and Geraldine P. Bro-die, (“the Brodies”) appeal the trial court’s order transferring venue to Duval County. We reverse.

Proper venue of an action is determined at the time the initial action is filed, regardless of subsequent events. See Vance v. Minton, 444 So.2d 1162 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984). Since one of the defendants resided in Miami Dade County at the inception of the lawsuit, venue is proper in Miami Dade County. See §§ 47.011, 47.021, Fla. Stat. (2005). Accordingly, we reverse the trial court’s order transferring the case to Du-val County.

Reversed.

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