KOPEL
v.
KOPEL

Fla. 2d DCA | 2026-06-26
No. 2025-2307
Curley, J., Lucas, C.J., Khouzam, J., Rothstein-Youakim, J.
2026 FL 7952 Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (2026)

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Holding

An appellant must identify specific error by the trial court to obtain reversal on appeal; failure to do so results in affirmance.


Headnotes

[1] An appellant bears the burden of identifying specific error by the trial court on appeal; failure to do so results in affirmance under the presumption of correctness.

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Key Quotes

“In appellate proceedings the decision of a trial court has the presumption of correctness and the burden is on the appellant to demonstrate error.”

Court citing Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So. 2d 1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979) to explain the standard of review

Facts & Procedural History

Nathalie Kopel appealed a trial court order awarding attorney's fees to Barrett Kopel following his successful motion for contempt.…

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Opinion of the Court

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA

SECOND DISTRICT

NATHALIE KOPEL, Appellant,

V.

BARRETT KOPEL, Appellee.

No. 2D2025-2307

June 26, 2026

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Sarasota County; Rochelle Curley, Judge.

Nathalie Kopel, pro se.

Peter M. Collins, Sarasota, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Nathalie Kopel (the Former Wife) appeals from the trial court's order awarding Barrett Kopel (the Former Husband) the attorney's fees that he incurred in connection with a successful motion for contempt. Although the Former Wife asks us to revisit the trial court's decision, she does not identify any error on the part of that court that would permit us to do so. Accordingly, we are constrained to affirm. See Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So. 2d 1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979) ("In appellate proceedings the decision of a trial court has the presumption of correctness and the burden is on the appellant to demonstrate error."). Affirmed.

LUCAS, C.J., and KHOUZAM and ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, JJ., Concur.

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