JENNIFER LAUREN URBINA
v.
MELINDA MADDOX

Fla. 6th DCA | 2026-03-27
No. 2024-2520
2026 FL 3425 Florida District Court of Appeal, Sixth District (2026)

AI-generated. These summaries, headnotes, and key points are machine-generated and may contain errors or omissions. Always verify against the full opinion text below. Not legal advice.


Holding

A Rule 1.540(b) motion cannot be utilized to overcome a party's failure to timely challenge the original final judgment.


Headnotes

[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…

Previewing 1 of 1 headnotes on this case. FLexlaw’s editorially structured points of law — every proposition, pinpointed — are reserved for members.

Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence

Key Quotes

“A rule 1.540(b) motion cannot be utilized 'to overcome [a party's] failure to timely challenge the original final judgment.'”

Court's holding citing Baez v. Perez, 201 So. 3d 692, 694 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016)

Facts & Procedural History

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.…

The full statement of facts, procedural history, and disposition for this case are member content.

Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence

© FLexlaw, Inc. — AI-generated enrichments are proprietary. All rights reserved.


Opinion of the Court

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.


Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus


Citator

Authorities Cited

Full citator, related cases, and AI research tools

Open in FLexlaw