CONTRERAS, JONASZ & CAMACHO, P.A., PETITIONER,
v.
ROBERT HENRY FERNANDEZ AND ILIANA FERNANDEZ, RESPONDENTS

Fla. 3d DCA | 2010-10-13
No. 3D10-2201
Before GERSTEN and CORTEÑAS, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.
45 So. 3d 975 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2010) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

Because the wife’s former counsel has demonstrated a clear, unqualified right to the prompt hearing and determination of its application for the adjudication of a charging lien on her recovery in this matrimonial action (as well as of the motion to dismiss that application), see Sinclair, Louis, Siegel, Heath, Nussbaum & Zavertnik, P.A. v. Baucom, 428 So.2d 1383, 1385 (Fla.1983), the petition for mandamus to require that relief is granted. Flagship Nat’l Bank of Miami v. Testa, 429 So.2d 69 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983); Garcia v. Garcia, 958 So.2d 947, 949 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007); Haas v. Spiegel, 772 So.2d 539, 540 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997); Quintana v. Barad, 528 So.2d 1300 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); Villas at Cutler Ridge Homeowners’ Ass’n v. Newman, 498 So.2d 579 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986). Of course, we express no opinion as to the merits of the controversy and are certain that it will be unnecessary to issue the formal writ.

Mandamus granted.


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