RULA I. ABUROUMI
v.
JAIME ESPINOSA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2020-11-06
No. 19-3032
Wilson, Tanya Davis, Wallis, J., Lambert, J., Eisnaugle, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2020)

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Holding

When an issue not raised by the pleadings is tried by express or implied consent of the parties, the trial court has authority to decide it and must treat it as if it had been raised in the pleadings.


Headnotes

[1] When an issue not raised by the pleadings is tried by express or implied consent of the parties, the trial court has authority to decide the issue and must treat it as if…

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“When issues not raised by the pleadings are tried by express or implied consent of the parties, they shall be treated in all respects as if they had been raised in the pleadings.”

Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.190(b), cited by the court to support its holding

Facts & Procedural History

Appellant Rula I. Aburoumi appealed a final judgment in a family law matter involving child support. The trial court declined to consider the issue of…

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Opinion of the Court
Eisnaugle

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO

FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND

DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

RULA I. ABUROUMI,

Appellant,

v. Case No. 5D19-3032

JAIME ESPINOSA,

Appellee.

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Opinion filed November 6, 2020

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Tanya Davis Wilson, Judge.

Carlton Pierce, of Carlton Pierce, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellant.

Michele A. Lebron, of Lebron Law, PLLC, Kissimmee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the final judgment with one exception. Appellant correctly argues that the issue of retroactive child support was tried by consent, and the trial court therefore erred when it concluded it was without authority to consider the issue.1 See, e.g., Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.190(b) (“When issues not raised by the pleadings are tried by express or implied

We therefore reverse the trial court’s denial of retroactive child support and remand for consideration of that issue. We otherwise affirm. AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; REMANDED.

WALLIS, LAMBERT, and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur.

Footnotes
1 Appellee concedes on appeal that retroactive child support was tried by consent.
2 consent of the parties, they shall be treated in all respects as if they had been raised in the pleadings.”); Johnson v. Johnson, 979 So. 2d 350, 352 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008) (holding trial court had authority to decide unpled issue where issue was tried by consent, relying in part on rule 1.190(b)).

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