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823 So. 2d 97·
Fla.·
2002-06-06
·cited 16×
The Florida Supreme Court held that a final judgment of dissolution of marriage establishing a child support obligation constitutes a final determination of paternity, and any subsequent challenge to paternity must be brought under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540, which gen
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779 So. 2d 479·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2000-11-03
·cited 9×
A husband appeals an order setting aside the financial provisions of a final divorce judgment based on the trial court's application of prenuptial agreement validity tests to a settlement agreement reached during litigation and incorporated into a final judgment. The appellate co
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708 So. 2d 674·
Fla. 2d DCA·
1998-04-08
·cited 8×
Laurie Ann Gostyla appealed an order denying her motion to set aside a final judgment of dissolution based on her former husband's alleged fraud. The appellate court reversed, holding that Gostyla adequately alleged intrinsic fraud and was entitled to an evidentiary hearing on th
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287 So. 3d 1289·
Fla. 1st DCA·
2020-01-21
·cited 6×
The appellate court affirmed the trial court's denial of a motion to vacate a paternity judgment. The court found the motion was untimely and that the appellant's due process rights were not violated, nor were there new circumstances justifying relief.
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910 So. 2d 391·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2005-09-21
·cited 6×
Paula Geer appealed the dismissal of her complaint seeking relief from a 2001 divorce judgment and damages based on fraud and extortion allegations against her ex-husband and his divorce attorney. The court affirmed dismissal of counts seeking relief from the divorce judgment (in
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837 So. 2d 584·
Fla. 5th DCA·
2003-02-14
·cited 5×
The court held that a motion to set aside a judgment based on fraud, filed more than one year after entry, must be brought as an independent action, not a motion under Rule 1.540. The failure to file a financial affidavit does not deprive the court of jurisdiction and any such er
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49 So. 3d 838·
Fla. 4th DCA·
2010-12-08
·cited 4×
In a family law matter, the trial court vacated a default final judgment of dissolution of marriage, finding it lacked personal jurisdiction over the husband because he was never properly served. The appellate court reversed, holding that the husband's voluntary appearance and pa
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959 So. 2d 333·
Fla. 3d DCA·
2007-05-23
·cited 4×
In this family law appeal, the former wife sought relief from a final dissolution judgment by requesting a constructive trust on stock options the former husband allegedly failed to disclose in his financial affidavit. The court reversed, holding that while the stock options were
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356 So. 3d 306·
Fla. 3d DCA·
2023-02-08
·cited 3×
The appellate court granted a petition for writ of prohibition, quashing a trial court's order that sua sponte vacated a portion of a final judgment of dissolution of marriage. The court found the trial court lacked continuing jurisdiction to make such an order after the final ju
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283 So. 3d 894·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2019-11-01
·cited 3×
In family law cases involving minor children, a court cannot enter a default final judgment on parenting and child support without affording the defaulting parent an opportunity to present evidence, regardless of whether the parent has alleged meritorious defenses.
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277 So. 3d 642·
Fla. 5th DCA·
2019-04-05
·cited 2×
The appellate court reversed a trial court's order that vacated a child support provision in a mediated parenting plan. The court found that the father, who sought to vacate the order based on fraud, had "unclean hands" because the alleged fraud originated from his own misreprese
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386 So. 3d 1033·
Fla. 6th DCA·
2024-04-19
·cited 1×
Yu Yan Chan appealed a trial court order striking the Parenting Plan incorporated into her Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage. The Florida District Court of Appeal, Sixth District, reversed the trial court's sua sponte action, holding that the court lacked proper notice an
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251 So. 3d 325·
Fla. 3d DCA·
2018-07-25
·cited 1×
Rule 1.540(b)(5) cannot be used to vacate a final judgment based on alleged legal error; a party challenging a judgment on legal grounds must seek timely rehearing or appeal, not relief under Rule 1.540.
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Fla. 2d DCA·
2026-03-27
The court held that the trial court erred in failing to retroactively reallocate adoption subsidy payments based on actual timesharing, as the subsidy is intended for the child and should follow timesharing percentages.
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Fla. 5th DCA·
2025-12-10
When a marital settlement agreement is incorporated into a final judgment of dissolution of marriage, a party seeking to set aside the agreement must seek relief from the judgment itself under Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.540, not under the Casto v. Casto test. Rule 12
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193 So. 3d 1014·
Fla. 1st DCA·
2016-06-03
The appellate court affirmed the trial court's custody order and denial of the motion to set aside, finding the mother failed to provide an adequate record to demonstrate reversible error regarding notice of the hearing.
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916 So. 2d 926·
Fla. 4th DCA·
2005-11-30
Richard Parker appealed the dismissal of his petition seeking relief from a child support obligation based on fraud, claiming his ex-wife misrepresented that he was the biological father of a child born during their marriage. The Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed t
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803 So. 2d 707·
Fla.·
2001-12-06
The Florida Supreme Court resolved a certified conflict regarding whether marital settlement agreements incorporated into final judgments after extensive litigation and discovery should be subject to challenge under Casto v. Casto standards or Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.54
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663 So. 2d 1314·
Fla.·
1995-11-22