Case Name: Jorge LOPEZ and Zoila I. Rosales, Appellants, v. Joyce B. SLY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-12-30
Citations: 499 So. 2d 71
Docket Number: No. 86-2414
Parties: Jorge LOPEZ and Zoila I. Rosales, Appellants, v. Joyce B. SLY, Appellee.
Judges: Before BASKIN, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 499
Pages: 71–72

Head Matter:
Jorge LOPEZ and Zoila I. Rosales, Appellants, v. Joyce B. SLY, Appellee.
No. 86-2414.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 30, 1986.
Robey & Pelstring and R. James Pelstr-ing, Miami, for appellants.
Hessen, Schimmel & De Castro and Robert L. Schimmel, Miami, for appellee.
Before BASKIN, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The record supports the trial court's finding that the plaintiff exercised due diligence in attempting to locate the defendants and was thus entitled to assert that they were concealing their whereabouts or were no longer residents of Florida so as to trigger the operation of the "substituted service on non-resident motor vehicle owner" statute, Section 48.171, Florida Statutes (1985). Accordingly, the trial court's order denying the defendants' motion to quash service of process is
Affirmed.