MAX VALNET CLAIRCIUS v. ALICIA CLAIRCIUS n/k/a ALICIA SELF

S IXTH D ISTRICT C OURT OF APPEAL
S TATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 6D2025-1655
Lower Tribunal No. 2024-DR-007606
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M AX VALNET CLAIRCIUS ,
Appellant,
v.
ALICIA CLAIRCIUS n/k/a ALICIA S ELF ,
Appellee.
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Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.130 from the Circuit Court for Polk County.
Lori A. Winstead, Judge.
October 9, 2026
WHITE, J.
Max Valnet Claircius appeals two orders rendered in a dissolution of marriage
proceeding: an order determining that the trial court has personal jurisdiction over
Claircius (the “Jurisdictional Order”); and an order denying Claircius’s petition for
writ of quo warranto directed at Appellee’s counsel (the “Denial Order”). We have
appeal jurisdiction to review the Jurisdictional Order, and we affirm. 	See Fla. R.
App. P. 9.130(a)(3)(C)(i). The Denial Order, however, is a nonfinal, nonappealable
order because it is not “[a]n order denying a petition that initiates a civil action in
quo warranto in the circuit court . . . .” 	Philip J. Padovano, Florida Appellate

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Practice § 30:4 (2026 ed.) (emphasis added). Therefore, we treat the appeal of the
Denial Order as a petition for writ of certiorari and deny the petition on the merits.
See Fla. R. App. P. 9.040(c) (“If a party seeks an improper remedy, the cause must
be treated as if the proper remedy had been sought . . . .”); Padovano, supra, § 30:4
(“A party may file a petition for writ of quo warranto to challenge the authority of a
public official.” (emphasis added)).
AFFIRMED in part; DENIED in part.
WOZNIAK and GANNAM, JJ., concur.
Max Valnet Claircius, Minneola, pro se.
Dayna M. Santana, of D. Santana Law, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING
AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED