My question involves an eviction in the state of: Florida
Tenant sent in a letter to the court asking for a hearing without filing rent in the court registry. Tenant claimed the property was in foreclosure which it is not (mortgage is current) and then abandoned the property.
I filed a motion for default based on not depositing rent in the court registry which was denied.
Court set up a hearing. As I'm in California and I'm not likely to collect anything shoud I drop the eviction suit? What are the ramifications? Could the tenant come after me for the security deposit making me fly to Florida anyway?

