SANDRA MALU, APPELLANT,

v.

SECURITY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Priest v. State, 993 So. 2d 1114 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008)
  …ent of costs and fees against appellant in proceedings brought by the state against appellant under the Sexually Violent Predators Act (Jimmy Ryce Act). There is no statutory authorization for assessment of such costs and fees. See Chapman v. State, 974 So. 2d 625 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008). TAYLOR, HAZOURI and MAY, JJ., concur.…
• Perron v. State, 995 So. 2d 1126 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008)
  …all costs incurred in such a proceeding. § 394.929, Fla. Stat. (2002). In Chapman v. State, this court confirmed that there is no statutory authority for a trial court to impose court costs and fees on the defendant in a case brought under the Act. 974 So. 2d 625, 626 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008). We went on to explain that the involuntary nature of proceedings under the Sexually Violent Predators Act makes both the proceedings and the defendant’s right to appointed counsel comparable to those in criminal cases, and…
• McCRORY v. State, 990 So. 2d 658 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008)
  …civil commitment proceeding initiated by the Department of Children and Families under the Jimmy Ryce Act. We reverse the trial court s assessment of fees and costs against McCrory in accordance with this court’s recent opinion in Chapman v. State, 974 So. 2d 625, 626-27 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008), in which we held that “the trial court lacks the power to impose costs or fees in a Jimmy Ryce proceeding, because the authority to tax them as costs against the involuntarily committed defendant is not authorized by sta…

Authorities Cited

• Padilla v. Liberty Mut., 934 So. 2d 511 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005)