JORGE ARBELAEZ
v.
MARTHA ORTIZ
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A defendant waives a timely challenge to personal jurisdiction by filing motions seeking affirmative relief, such as a motion to dismiss on non-jurisdictional grounds or a verified counterclaim, without expressly reserving the jurisdictional objection.
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Babcock v. Whatmore, 707 So. 2d 702, 704-05 (Fla. 1998)
Jorge Arbelaez, proceeding pro se, filed a motion to quash service in a civil action. Before receiving a ruling on that motion, Arbelaez retained coun…
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Opinion filed February 16, 2022. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
________________ No. 3D20-0841 Lower Tribunal No. 15-29427 ________________
Jorge Arbelaez,
Appellant,
vs.
Martha Ortiz, et al., Appellees.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Jose M. Rodriguez, Judge. Jorge Arbelaez, in proper person. Gianna Hillis (Pembroke Pines), for appellees. Before SCALES, GORDO and BOKOR, JJ. BOKOR, J.
Pro se appellant, Jorge Arbelaez, contests that he was properly served in the action below, which resulted in a default final judgment entered against him. Arbelaez argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to quash service. However, the record reflects that, after filing the motion to quash service in the trial court, and before obtaining a ruling on such motion, Arbelaez, through then-retained counsel, moved to dismiss on bases other than jurisdiction and sought to assert a verified counterclaim. The motions, filed before Arbelaez received any decision on the motion to quash, contained no reservation of rights or assertion of the pending motion to quash. See Babcock v. Whatmore, 707 So. 2d 702, 704-05 (Fla. 1998) (holding that a defendant waives a timely challenge to personal jurisdiction by seeking affirmative relief); Eskenazi v. Eskenazi, 283 So. 3d 389, 389 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019) (applying same).
Affirmed.
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