DYCK-O'NEAL, INC.
v.
HEATHER LANHAM

Fla. 1st DCA | 2019-02-18
No. 16-1624
Wolf, J., Ray, J., Makar, J., Fitzpatrick, J.
264 So. 3d 1115 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2019)

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Holding

A party is not entitled to pursue a separate independent action for a deficiency judgment where the foreclosure complaint includes a prayer for a deficiency judgment and the foreclosure court reserves jurisdiction to enter a deficiency judgment.


Headnotes

[1] A circuit court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to entertain a separate independent action for a deficiency judgment when the original foreclosure complaint included a…

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“a party is not entitled to pursue a separate action for deficiency judgment where the foreclosure complaint includes a prayer for a deficiency judgment and the foreclosure court reserves jurisdiction to enter a deficiency judgment”

Court citing Higgins v. Dyck-O'Neal, Inc., 201 So. 3d 157, 166-67 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016)

Facts & Procedural History

Dyck-O'Neal, Inc. filed a post-foreclosure action against Heather Lanham seeking a deficiency decree. The original foreclosure complaint had included …

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Opinion of the Court
Makar

DYCK-O'NEAL, INC., Appellant, v. HEATHER LANHAM, Appellee.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO

FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND

DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

CASE NO. 1D16-1624

_____________________________/

Opinion filed April 24, 2017.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Gadsden County. Martin A. Fitzpatrick, Judge.

Susan B. Morrison of the Law Offices of Susan B. Morrison, Tampa, for Appellant.

Rick A. Savage of Savage Law Office, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Because the circuit court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to consider Appellant’s independent action at law for a deficiency decree in this post-foreclosure proceeding, the order on appeal is void, and hereby quashed. See Higgins v. Dyck- O’Neal, Inc., 201 So. 3d 157, 166-67 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016) (holding that a party is not entitled to pursue a separate action for deficiency judgment where the foreclosure

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complaint includes a prayer for a deficiency judgment and the foreclosure court reserves jurisdiction to enter a deficiency judgment). In so ruling, we certify conflict with Garcia v. Dyck–O'Neal, Inc., 178 So. 3d 433 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015); Dyck- O'Neal, Inc. v. Hendrick, 200 So. 3d 181 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016); Gdovin v. Dyck- O’Neal, Inc., 198 So. 3d 986 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016); Dyck–O'Neal, Inc. v. McKenna, 198 So. 3d 1038 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016). WOLF, RAY, and MAKAR, JJ., CONCUR.


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