CLAY, CLAY, ET AL
v.
CLAY, TEDDY CLAY REVOCABLE TRUST, ET AL
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An order granting summary judgment in a probate case is not a final order appealable as of right and does not fall within the enumerated categories of appealable nonfinal orders under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(3).
[1] An order granting summary judgment in a probate case is not a final order for purposes of appeal unless it contains sufficient language of finality to unequivocally bring…
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
_____________________________
No. 1D2023-1623 _____________________________
FINNA ANN CLAY, JACKIE DIANE
CLAY, FINNA ANN CLAY, as Trustee of the Janie Mae Clay Special Needs Trust dated August 18, 2014, and LARRY JEROME CLAY,
Appellants,
v.
SYNOVUS TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee of the Teddie Clay a/k/a Teddy Clay Revocable Trust dated August 18, 2014,
Appellee. _____________________________
On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County.
W. Joel Boles, Judge.
August 21, 2024
PER CURIAM.
Appellants seek review of an order granting summary judgment in a probate case. Upon review, we conclude that we lack jurisdiction. See Wade v. Dep’t of Child. & Fams., 57 So. 3d 869, 870 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011) (reaffirming that appellate courts have an independent duty “to examine our jurisdiction in every case even
2 if, as here, the issue was not raised”). The order sought to be reviewed is not a final order. See Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, P.A. v. W. Fla. Reg’l Med. Ctr., 993 So. 2d 1060, 1061 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008) (dismissing an appeal as premature because the order merely grants a motion for summary judgment and “does not contain sufficient language of finality to unequivocally bring an end to the required judicial labor”); see also Cody v. Cody, 127 So. 3d 753, 756 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013) (holding that an order construing a will and determining the testator’s intent was not a final order for purposes of appeal because further judicial action was contemplated regarding the legal description of land to be distributed to the beneficiaries). Nor does the order fall within any of the enumerated categories of appealable nonfinal orders under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(3). Even if it were reviewable under rule 9.130, then the appeal would be untimely because it was not filed within thirty days of the order granting summary judgment.
DISMISSED.
ROBERTS, RAY, and KELSEY, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________
Shiraz A. Hosein of Anchors Smith Grimsley, Fort Walton Beach, for Appellants.
Brian W. Hoffman of Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux, LLC, Pensacola, for Appellee.
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- Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, P.A. v. W. Fla. Reg'l Med. Ctr., 993 So. 2d 1060 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008)
- Wade v. Fla. Dep't of Child. & Families, 57 So. 3d 869 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011)