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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Boatwright finds the trial court improperly dismissed the property owner's civil complaint alleging assault, battery and other charges against his ex-girlfriend connected to an incident in which her cousin attacked the owner after they broke into a condo in Belize the ex-girlfriend and the owner had previously shared during their relationship. Despite the fact that the owner initially filed his complaint in Belize, he subsequently filed it in Brevard County, Florida, and in part because both he and the ex-girlfriend have acknowledged that Florida is a more convenient venue for litigation than Belize, the trial court was wrong to dismiss the complaint based on a finding of inconvenient forum without weighing all the factors and evidence involved. The case is remanded for further proceedings. Reversed.