NATASHA PRINCE
v.
MCR APTS. 1, LLC, ETC.

Fla. 3d DCA | 2021-11-10
No. 21-2050
Carey, Herrmann, Wolcott
326 So. 3d 228 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2021) Positive Treatment
Cited by 7 cases

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Synopsis

The Third District Court of Appeal reversed a default and final judgment of removal against a tenant, finding that the tenant's pending motion to determine rent should have precluded the entry of judgment.


Holding

Yes, the tenant's pending motion to determine rent precluded the entry of the default and final judgment of removal.


Headnotes

[1] A tenant's timely-filed motion to determine rent that remains pending and unresolved precludes entry of a final judgment of removal based on nonpayment.

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“Upon the landlord’s proper and commendable confession of error, along with our own independent review of the record, we conclude the tenant’s motion for determination of rent, pending and unresolved in the trial court, precluded entry of the judgment.”

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Facts & Procedural History

Natasha Prince, the tenant, appealed an order of default and final judgment of removal entered in favor of her landlord, MCR Apartments 1, LLC. The la…

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Opinion of the Court

Third District Court of Appeal

State of Florida

Opinion filed November 10, 2021.

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No. 3D21-2050 Lower Tribunal No. 21-25382 CC

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Natasha Prince,

Appellant,

vs.

MCR Apts. 1, LLC, etc.,

Appellee.

An appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County, Gloria Gonzalez-Meyer, Judge. Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc., and Sean Rowley, for appellant. Langbein and Langbein, P.A., and Leslie W. Langbein, for appellee. Before EMAS, MILLER, and LOBREE, JJ. PER CURIAM.

UPON CONFESSION OF ERROR

Appellant, Natasha Prince, the tenant, challenges an order of default and final judgment of removal rendered in favor of appellee, MCR Apartments 1, LLC d/b/a Casa Matias, the landlord. Upon the landlord’s proper and commendable confession of error, along with our own independent review of the record, we conclude the tenant’s motion for determination of rent, pending and unresolved in the trial court, precluded entry of the judgment. See Axen v. Poah Cutler Manor, LLC, 323 So. 3d 800, 801 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021) (finding a tenant’s undisposed-of, timely-filed motion to determine rent precluded entry of a final judgment based on nonpayment). Hence, we reverse and remand for further proceedings. Reversed and remanded.


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