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Volume XVIII, Issue 50

December 2025

 

Loumpos v. Bank One, Case No. SC2024-1256 (Fla. 2025).

The amendment to Florida Statutes section 655.79(1) holds that a spousal bank account opened by only one spouse and later designated as owned by tenancy by the entireties qualifies as an entireties account exempt from garnishment for individual spousal debt.

 

Florida Roof Masters, LLC v. Page, Case No. 1D2024-0132 (Fla. 1st DCA 2025).

A general contractor who hires a collection company to pursue debt "on behalf of" the contractor retained sufficient legal interest and standing to sue the debtor because the assignment was only of a chose in action to collect the debt and not of the entire contracts.

 

Russell v. Mells, Case No. 2D2024-1560 (Fla. 2d DCA 2025).

Counsel referred to the Florida Bar for submitting computer-generated case citations including fabricated authorities and misquoted case law.

 

Fletcher v. Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Case No. 3D24-1497 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025).

An appellants' appeal of an amended final judgment is limited to reviewing only the amended portions of the Amended Final Judgment, and an appellate court lacks appellate jurisdiction if the appellant uses the appeal to argue error in the original (prior to amendment of) Final Judgment.

 

Merco Group at Akoya, Inc. v. General Computer Services, Inc., Case No. 3D25-0322 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025).

Florida Statutes section 56.10 authorizes the trial court to appoint a receiver for the corporate judgment debtor for the purpose of collecting the unsatisfied judgment.

 

Gore v. Encarnacion, Case No. 4D2025-0764 (Fla. 4th DCA 2025).

The current version of Florida Statutes section 48.161 (substitute service) requires the filing of an affidavit of compliance within forty days and a demonstration of due diligence. 

 

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