Case Name: Melyana KLUKEWICH, Appellant, v. John B. HOWENSTINE, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-06-02
Citations: 508 So. 2d 471
Docket Number: No. 87-259
Parties: Melyana KLUKEWICH, Appellant, v. John B. HOWENSTINE, Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, FERGUSON and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 508
Pages: 471–472

Head Matter:
Melyana KLUKEWICH, Appellant, v. John B. HOWENSTINE, Appellee.
No. 87-259.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 2, 1987.
Rehearing Denied June 30, 1987.
Brian R. Hersh and Mitchell J. Panter, Miami, for appellant.
Young, Stern & Tannenbaum, P.A., and Glen Rafkin, North Miami Beach, for appel-lee.
Before HUBBART, FERGUSON and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The question presented by this appeal is whether long-arm jurisdiction can be exercised in connection with paternity and child support claims against an out-of-state putative father. The First District in Bell v. Tuffnell, 418 So.2d 422 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982), rev. denied, 427 So.2d 736 (Fla.1983), concluded that such jurisdiction was possible. The Second District reached the opposite result in State, Dep't of Health & Rehab. Servs. v. Wright, 489 So.2d 1148 (Fla. 2d DCA), rev. granted, No. 69,050 (Fla. Dec. 8, 1986).
These two cases are in direct conflict. We align ourselves with the well-reasoned opinion of the Second District in Wright and acknowledge direct conflict with the First District in Bell. There is no basis to conclude that consensual sex amounts to tortious activity. Accordingly, we hold that no tortious act has been committed which would confer jurisdiction under § 48.193(1)(b), Fla.Stat. (1983), nor was there an allegation that the defendant ever resided in Florida which would confer jurisdiction under § 48.193(1)(e), Fla.Stat. (1983). The order of the trial court dismissing the action is affirmed.
Affirmed.