pleading. The only document that had been filed prior to the motion was the notice of appearance filed by the Mesas’ attorney. That notice of appearance did not answer or respond to the complaint, raise any defense, seek any affirmative relief, or by its terms submit the Mesas to the jurisdiction of the court. Rather, it simply served as formal notice that counsel was representing the Mesas in the instant case, and requested that counsel be served with copies of any future pleadings, motions and notices. The trial court erred in determining that counsel’s filing of this notice of appearance waived the right to contest personal jurisdiction, including the right to contest the sufficiency of service of process. See Public Gas Co. v. Weatherhead Co., 409 So.2d 1026, 1027 (Fla.1982) (<HOLDING>)(approving this court’s earlier conclusion in
holding that the filing of a notice of appearance by weatherheads counsel did not waive its right to claim lack of jurisdiction over its person holding the notice of appearance was not a motion under rule 12b2 4 or 5 and therefore the filing of the notice constituted a voluntary appearance by the defendants in this action which was the equivalent of the service of the summons upon them holding that defendant did not waive his special appearance by filing a motion for new trial subject to the special appearance holding that defendant did not waive special appearance holding that the party did not waive its right to enforce the arbitration clause