REED
v.
REED

Fla. 5th DCA | 2019-04-05
No. Case No. 5D18-1120
Nimmons, Shivers, Wentworth
14 Fla. L. Weekly 1397 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2019)
Also reported at: 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 3285 · 268 So. 3d 206

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Synopsis

The Fifth District Court of Appeal of Florida affirmed the trial court's decision, holding that the appellant failed to provide an adequate record to demonstrate error and that challenges to findings were not preserved.


Holding

No, the appellant failed to provide an adequate record to demonstrate error, and issues regarding findings were not preserved.


Headnotes

[1] On appeal, the trial court's judgment carries a presumption of correctness, and the appellant bears the burden of presenting an adequate appellate record to demonstrate r…

[2] A challenge to the adequacy of trial court findings is treated as unpreserved error unless the appellant first brought the issue to the trial court's attention through a…

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“in appellate proceedings, the trial court’s decision carries a presumption of correctness and, thus, the appellant has the burden to bring forth an adequate record to demonstrate error”

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Facts & Procedural History

The appellant, Jacob A. Reed, appealed a decision from the Volusia County Circuit Court. The appellee, Melissa Sexton Reed, did not appear for the app…

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Opinion of the Court

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 JACOB A. REED, Appellant,

v. Case No. 5D18-1120 MELISSA SEXTON REED, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed April 5, 2019 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Dawn D. Nichols, Judge.

Jacob A. Reed, Edgewater, pro se.

No Appearance for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So. 2d 1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979) (holding that, in appellate proceedings, the trial court’s decision carries a presumption of correctness and, thus, the appellant has the burden to bring forth an adequate record to demonstrate error); Mathieu v. Mathieu, 877 So. 2d 740, 741 (Fla. 5th

DCA 2004) (treating the challenge to adequate findings as unpreserved error unless previously brought to the trial court’s attention in a motion for rehearing).

BERGER, LAMBERT, and GROSSHANS, JJ., concur.


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