Case Name: J.L. and J.L., Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2017-01-17
Citations: 207 So.3d 1028
Docket Number: CASE NO. 1D16-3236
Parties: J.L. and J.L., Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: ROBERTS, C.J., ROWE, and WINOKUR, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 207
Pages: 1028–1029

Head Matter:
J.L. and J.L., Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
CASE NO. 1D16-3236
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Opinion filed January 17, 2017.
Brooke V. Elvington of Brooke Elving-ton Appellate Law, P.A., Clearwater, for Petitioners.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Heather Flanagan Ross, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Petitioners sought to quash a writ of bodily attachment based on their failure to appear at contempt proceedings, on the grounds that the juvenile court did not have jurisdiction to find them in contempt, and because they were not properly served with the order to show cause. We find that the juvenile court was authorized to hold petitioners in contempt. See, e.g., In re Elrod, 455 So.2d 1325, 1327 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984); Husky v. Safer, 419 So.2d 1158, 1159 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). However, we determine that the trial court erred in denying petitioners' motion to quash a writ of bodily attachment, because the record does not demonstrate that they were properly served. See Fla. R. Juv. P. 8.150(c)(2). Petitioners' appearance at the hearing to contest jurisdiction and object based on lack of service of process did not waive service. See Caldwell v. Caldwell, 921 So.2d 759, 760 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006) (holding that a party loses its right to contest default final judgment on grounds of defective service of process by entering general appearance unless it also contests service of process or raises issue of personal jurisdiction). The petition for writ of certiorari is GRANTED, and the order of the trial court is quashed.
ROBERTS, C.J., ROWE, and WINOKUR, JJ., CONCUR.