SHARON MOORE BODE
v.
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, ETC.
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A lis pendens must be discharged when the pending pleading does not show that the action is founded on a duly recorded instrument, and a claim based on circumstances surrounding execution rather than the terms of the instrument does not qualify.
[1] An order discharging a lis pendens is generally reviewed for an abuse of discretion.
[2] Statutory construction and pure questions of law are reviewed de novo.
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Florida Statute § 48.23(3)
Sharon Moore Bode and Roberto Bode filed an action and recorded a lis pendens. The trial court granted Wilmington Savings Fund Society's emergency mot…
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PER CURIAM.
Sharon Moore Bode and Roberto Bode appeal the trial court’s order granting an emergency motion to discharge lis pendens. An order discharging a lis pendens is generally reviewed for an abuse of discretion, India Am. Trading, Co. v. White, 896 So. 2d 859, 860 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005), but statutory construction and pure questions of law are reviewed de novo. LB Judgment Holdings, LLC v. Boschetti, 271 So. 3d 115, 118 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019). Upon our review, we find no error in the trial court’s order discharging the lis pendens in the instant case, and affirm.1 See § 48.23(3), Fla. Stat. (2022) (“When the pending pleading does not show that the action is founded on a duly recorded instrument . . . the court shall control and discharge the recorded notice of lis pendens as the court would grant and dissolve injunctions”); Petkovich v. Sandy Point Condo. Apts. Ass’n, Inc., 325 So. 3d 201, 204 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021) (holding petitioner was not entitled to lis pendens as a matter of right—i.e., as founded on a duly recorded instrument under section 48.23—because his claim was not based “upon the terms and provisions of the instruments” but instead was based “upon the circumstances surrounding execution”) (citing Am. Legion Cmty. Club v. Diamond, 561 So. 2d 268, 269 (Fla. 1990) (holding that a suit to set aside a conveyance of real property is not an action “founded on a duly recorded instrument” within the meaning of section 48.23, Florida Statutes, and thus the maintenance of a notice of lis pendens is not authorized as a matter of right)).
Affirmed.
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- Am. Legion Cmty. Club v. Murray Diamond, 561 So. 2d 268 (Fla. 1990)
- Zarate v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Tr. Co., 81 So. 3d 556 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012)
- India Am. Trading Co., Inc. v. White, 896 So. 2d 859 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005)
- Petkovich v. Sandy Point Condo. Apts. Ass'n, Inc., 325 So. 3d 201 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021)
- LB Judgment Holdings v. Boschetti, 271 So. 3d 115 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019)