COOK
v.
CAMDEN WESTCHASE PARK COMMUNITY BY AND THROUGH CAMDEN DEVELOPMENT, INC.
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The Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District dismissed Cook's appeal for lack of jurisdiction because Cook failed to timely file a notice of appeal within the required thirty-day period after rendition of the final judgment.
The court lacked jurisdiction to consider the appeal because Cook failed to file a notice of appeal within thirty days of rendition of the final judgment, which constitutes an irremediable jurisdictional defect under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.110(b).
[1] An appellate court lacks jurisdiction to consider an appeal if the notice of appeal is not filed within the thirty-day period following the rendition of the challenged or…
[2] Filing a timely notice of appeal within thirty days of the rendition of a final judgment is required to invoke an appellate court's jurisdiction.
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“An appellant invokes the court's jurisdiction by filing a notice of appeal within thirty days of rendition of the challenged order. A failure to timely file the notice 'deprives the appellate court of jurisdiction.'”
Establishes the mandatory thirty-day filing requirement and the jurisdictional consequence of failing to meet it.
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
NICHOLAS COOK,
Appellant,
v. CAMDEN WESTCHASE PARK COMMUNITY by and through CAMDEN DEVELOPMENT, INC.,
Appellee.
No. 2D2024-1870
April 23, 2025
Appeal from the County Court for Hillsborough County; Matthew A. Smith, Judge.
Nicholas Cook, pro se.
No appearance for Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Dismissed. See Stern v. U.S. Bank Tr., N.A., 320 So. 3d 299, 299 (Fla. 2d DCA 2021) ("We dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction because [the appellant] failed to file a timely notice of appeal directed to the final judgment . . . . An appellant invokes the court's jurisdiction by filing a notice of appeal within thirty days of rendition of the challenged order. A failure to timely file the notice 'deprives the appellate court of jurisdiction.' " (citations omitted)); see also Griffin v. Sistuenck, 816 So. 2d 600, 601 (Fla. 2002) ("Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.110(b)
ATKINSON, SMITH, and LABRIT, JJ., Concur. Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.