ESTELA GONZALEZ
v.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Fla. 3d DCA | 2026-04-15
No. 2025-0732
2026 FL 4281 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2026)

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Holding

An appellate court lacks jurisdiction over an appeal filed more than 60 days after rendition of the order to be reviewed, and a litigant cannot circumvent this deadline by attempting to piggyback the appeal onto a related case that has already been decided and mandated.


Headnotes

[1] An appeal must be filed within 30 days of rendition of the order to be reviewed to invoke appellate jurisdiction, and an appellant cannot cure an untimely appeal by attem…

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Estela Gonzalez appealed a trial court's February 14, 2025 order vacating her motion for surplus. The appeal was filed more than 60 days after renditi…

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Opinion of the Court

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed April 15, 2026.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

No. 3D25-0732 Lower Tribunal No. 19-35335-CA-01

Estela Gonzalez, Appellant,

vs.

JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Migna Sanchez-Llorens, Judge.

Estela Gonzalez, in proper person.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP, and Charles P. Gufford (Orlando), for appellee.

Before LINDSEY, LOBREE and GOODEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant Estela Gonzalez appeals the trial court's February 14, 2025 order vacating the order on her motion for surplus. This appeal is untimely because it was filed more than 60 days after rendition of the order appealed. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.110(b) (“Jurisdiction of the court under this rule must be invoked by filing a notice with the clerk of the lower tribunal within 30 days of rendition of the order to be reviewed[.]"). Gonzalez's attempt to piggy-back this appeal onto the appeal in related case number 25- 0371 cannot succeed. The mandate in that case was issued on May 5, 2025.1 Accordingly, we are constrained to dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

Dismissed.

Footnotes
1 We may appropriately take judicial notice of records in prior appeals. See Sinclair v. State, 853 So. 2d 551, 552 n.2 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003) (“[W]e of course may appropriately take judicial notice of the records in former appeals."); Pacheco v. Gonzalez, 254 So. 3d 527, 533 n.5 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018) (“An appellate court can take judicial notice of its own files and records."). Gonzalez previously filed an appeal in this matter in case number 3D2025-0371, which was dismissed on April 9, 2025 because of her failure to comply with our orders requiring her to file a copy of the order being appealed and to certify service of the notice and orders on all parties. Gonzalez moved to reinstate that appeal and we denied without prejudice, permitting her to renew her motion to reinstate within fifteen days upon showing compliance with the prior orders. She did not comply, filed no renewed motion, and that appeal was closed on May 5, 2025.

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