JENNIFER LAUREN URBINA
v.
MELINDA MADDOX
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A Rule 1.540(b) motion cannot be utilized to overcome a party's failure to timely challenge the original final judgment.
[1] A motion under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540(b) cannot serve as a procedural mechanism to overcome a party's failure to timely challenge an original final judgmen…
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Court's holding citing Baez v. Perez, 201 So. 3d 692, 694 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016)
Jennifer Lauren Urbina appealed from a County Court decision in Polk County. The case involved a Rule 1.540(b) motion in a civil matter.…
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SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA
Case No. 6D2024-2520 Lower Tribunal No. 2024-CC-004310
JENNIFER LAUREN URBINA, Appellant,
V.
MELINDA MADDOX, Appellee.
Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.130 from the County Court for Polk County. Stacie L. Kaylor, Judge.
March 27, 2026
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Baez v. Perez, 201 So. 3d 692, 694 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016) (A rule 1.540(b) motion cannot be utilized “to overcome [a party's] failure to timely challenge the original final judgment." (quoting Beal Bank, S.S.B., Inc. v. Sherwin, 829 So. 2d 961, 962 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002))).
TRAVER, C.J., and STARGEL and NARDELLA, JJ., concur. J. Joseph Givner and Kevin D. Salinas, of Givner Law Group, LLP, Miami, for Appellant.
Melinda Maddox, Haines City, pro se.
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- Beal Bank v. Irwin J. and Marcia M. Sherwin, 829 So. 2d 961 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002)
- Baez v. Perez, 201 So. 3d 692 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016)