TULSI
v.
RAMLAGAN, RAMLAGAN

Fla. 2d DCA | 2025-05-21
No. 2024-0902
Rothstein-Youakim, J., Khouzam, J., Moe, J., Jacobs, J.
2025 FL 4276 Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (2025)

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Holding

A final judgment entered following a trial is void when the trial court fails to comply with Rule 1.440(c) by not entering an order fixing the trial date with proper notice and the record does not support that the parties consented to the trial date.


Headnotes

[1] Compliance with Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.440(c), which requires a court order fixing a trial date with not less than 30 days' notice, is mandatory and designed t…

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“[Rule 1.440] is designed to safeguard the parties' right to procedural due process.”

Court citing Brown v. Reynolds, 872 So. 2d 290, 297 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004)

Facts & Procedural History

Maylene Tulsi appealed a final judgment entered by the circuit court following what the court characterized as a trial. However, the court never prope…

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Opinion of the Court
Moe

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA

SECOND DISTRICT

MAYLENE TULSI,

Appellant,

v.

PRAVU RAMLAGAN, as personal representative of the Estate of Narendranauth Ramlagan, deceased,

Appellee.

Nos. 2D2024-0902, 2D2024-1592

CONSOLIDATED

May 21, 2025

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Nancy L. Jacobs, Judge.

Nicole Deese Newlon of Johnson, Newlon & DeCort, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant.

Allison M. Perry of Florida Appeals, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.

ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, Judge. Maylene Tulsi appeals a final judgment entered by the circuit court purportedly following a trial. But the court never noticed the trial for the date on which it supposedly took place, see Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.440(c) (2023) ("If the court finds the action ready to be set for trial, it shall enter an order fixing a date for trial. Trial shall be set not less than 30 days from the service of the notice for trial."); see also Brown v. Reynolds, 872 So. 2d 290, 297 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004) ("[Rule 1.440] is designed to safeguard

KHOUZAM and MOE, JJ., Concur.

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Footnotes
2 the parties' right to procedural due process." (citing Parrish v. Dougherty, 505 So. 2d 646, 648 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987))), and nothing in the record supports the court's finding that the parties agreed or otherwise consented to conduct the trial on that date. Indeed, everything that is before us strongly supports a finding to the contrary. We therefore reverse and remand for vacatur of the final judgment and for further proceedings.

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