In a proceeding to enforce a domesticated foreign judgment, the defendant appealed from orders of the Circuit Court, Broward County, which granted plaintiff's motions to compel discovery and to hold defendant in contempt. The District Court of Appeal held that the trial court had jurisdiction over the defendant, and even if it did not have personal jurisdiction, the defendant was not free to disobey the court's order. The civil contempt order was rendered moot by the reversal of the foreign judgment to the extent that it sought to compel the defendant to answer interrogatories, but not moot to the extent that it awarded sanctions to the plaintiff's counsel for attorney fees.
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