CHRISTOPHER MAERZ
v.
BRITTANI MAERZ

Fla. 5th DCA | 2021-03-02
No. 20-2642
Serrano, J., Cohen, J., Lambert, J., Edwards, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2021)

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Holding

An appellant's failure to provide a transcript of the hearing below results in an inadequate record that prevents appellate review of whether the trial court abused its discretion.


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[1] An appellant's failure to provide a transcript of the hearing below creates an inadequate appellate record that prevents meaningful review of whether the trial court abus…

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“Because the Appellant failed to provide this Court with a transcript of the hearing below, the record presented to us is inadequate to demonstrate whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion to transfer venue.”

Court's explanation for affirming based on inadequate appellate record

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Christopher Maerz appealed a nonfinal order from the Circuit Court for Brevard County regarding a motion to transfer venue.…

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Per_curiam
Per Curiam

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

CHRISTOPHER MAERZ,

Appellant,

v. Case No. 5D20-2642

BRITTANI MAERZ,

Appellee.

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Opinion filed March 2, 2021

Nonfinal Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, Christina Serrano, Judge.

Clifford A. Taylor, John E. Napolitano, and Megan A. Rosenberg, of The Hogan Law Firm, Spring Hill, for Appellant.

William D. Slicker, of William D. Slicker, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Garcia v. Garcia, 958 So. 2d 947, 948–49 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007) (“[B]ecause the Appellant failed to provide this Court with a transcript of the hearing below, the record presented to us is inadequate to demonstrate whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion to transfer venue.” (citing Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So. 2d 1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979))); Farrey’s Wholesale Hardware Co.

2 v. Hobesound Indus. Park, Inc., 719 So. 2d 374, 375 n.1 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998) (“The ‘Tipsy Coachman’ rule provides that if the lower court assigns an erroneous reason for its decision, the decision will be affirmed where there is some other reason or basis to support it.” (citing Carraway v. Armour & Co., 156 So. 2d 494, 497 (Fla. 1963))).

COHEN, LAMBERT, and EDWARDS, JJ., concur.


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