JOHN ALEX GODWIN
v.
HEATHER MCKAMEY

Fla. 1st DCA | 2020-09-15
No. 20-1624
Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2020)

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Holding

A notice of appeal that fails to timely invoke the court's jurisdiction does not confer appellate jurisdiction.


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[1] An appeal must be timely filed to confer jurisdiction upon the appellate court, and failure to file a notice of appeal within the prescribed time period results in loss o…

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Godwin appealed a circuit court decision to the First District Court of Appeal in case number 1D20-1624.…

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Opinion of the Court

September 15, 2020 PER CURIAM.

Upon consideration of Appellant’s response to the Court’s show cause order of June 23, 2020, the Court has determined that the notice of appeal failed to timely invoke the Court’s jurisdiction. See Wagner v. Bieley, Wagner & Assocs., Inc., 263 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 1972); Ward v. Bragg, 957 So. 2d 670, 671 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007); Deal v. Deal, 783 So. 2d 319, 321 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001) (dismissing appeal of nonfinal order because rendition was not suspended by motion for rehearing).

MAKAR, KELSEY, and M.K. THOMAS, 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.


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