ANDREA TURNER
v.
NOEL SANTIAGO AND ONE NOK PROPERTIES, LLC

Fla. 6th DCA | 2026-07-31
No. 2025-2269
Wozniak, J., Smith, J., Kamoutsas, J., Horton, J.
2026 FL 9893 Florida District Court of Appeal, Sixth District (2026)

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Holding

In the absence of a transcript, the appellate court must presume the trial court's factual findings are correct and supported by evidence, and the burden is on the appellant to demonstrate error.


Headnotes

[1] When an appellant fails to provide a transcript of trial proceedings on appeal, the appellate court must presume the trial court's factual findings are correct and suppor…

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“In the absence of a transcript, this court is unable to evaluate the sufficiency of the evidence considered by the trial court in support of its factual findings, and instead presumes such findings to be correct.”

Court's explanation for affirming without transcript review

Facts & Procedural History

Andrea Turner appealed a judgment from the County Court for Hardee County in a case against Noel Santiago and One Nok Properties, LLC. Turner proceede…

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Opinion of the Court

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

Case No. 6D2025-2269 Lower Tribunal No. 2025-SC-000220

ANDREA TURNER, Appellant,

v.

NOEL SANTIAGO and ONE NOK PROPERTIES, LLC, Appellees.

Appeal from the County Court for Hardee County. David N. Horton, Judge.

July 31, 2026

WOZNIAK, J.

AFFIRMED. See Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So. 2d 1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979) (“In appellate proceedings the decision of a trial court has the presumption of correctness and the burden is on the appellant to demonstrate error."); Hernandez v. Mendoza, 346 So. 3d 60, 61 (Fla. 4th DCA 2022) (“[A]n evaluation of the evidence presented is impossible, and the trial court's findings must be presumed to be correct and supported by evidence."); Fortune v. Pantin, 851 So. 2d 274, 274 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003) (“In the absence of a transcript, this court is unable

to evaluate the sufficiency of the evidence considered by the trial court in support of its factual findings, and instead presumes such findings to be correct.").

SMITH and KAMOUTSAS, JJ., concur.

Andrea Turner, Zolfo Springs, pro se.

No Appearance for Appellees.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING

AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED

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