GAZUL PRODUCCIONES SL UNIPERSONAL, ETC.
v.
SHEDDF2-FL5 LLC, ETC.

Fla. 3d DCA | 2024-02-07
No. 2022-0878
Fine, J., Logue, C.J., Hendon, J., Gordo, J.
2024 FL 1253 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2024)

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Holding

A party waives objections to insufficient service of process by making a general appearance in the proceeding or failing to timely object to service defects.

Headnotes

[1] A defendant waives objections to insufficient service of process by making a general appearance before the trial court or by failing to timely raise the objection, thereb…

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Key Quotes

“A party submits to the jurisdiction of the court and waives jurisdictional defects by taking a step in the proceeding amounting to an appearance.”

Citation to Starks v. Howard, 611 So. 2d 52, 53 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992)
Facts & Procedural History

Gazul Producciones SL Unipersonal appealed a decision from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County. The appeal involved jurisdictional issues related …

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Submission To Jurisdiction Waiver Of Service Of Process General Appearance Jurisdictional Defect

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Opinion of the Court
Logue

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed August 30, 2023. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D22-878 Lower Tribunal No. 19-35002 ________________ Gazul Producciones SL Unipersonal, etc., Appellant, vs. SHEDDF2-FL5 LLC, etc., Appellee. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Alan Fine, Judge. Burr & Forman LLP, Laurence S. Litow and Andrew T. Sarangoulis (Fort Lauderdale); Burr & Forman LLP, and Peter C. Vilmos (Orlando); The Ferraro Law Firm, P.A., Leslie B. Rothenberg and Mathew D. Gutierrez, for appellant. Agentis PLLC | Lynx Law PLLC, and Christopher B. Spuches, for appellee. Before LOGUE, C.J., and HENDON and GORDO, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Footnotes
2 Affirmed. See Starks v. Howard, 611 So. 2d 52, 53 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992) (“A party submits to the jurisdiction of the court and waives jurisdictional defects by taking a step in the proceeding amounting to an appearance.”); Laura M. Watson, P.A. v. Stewart Tilghman Fox & Bianchi, P.A., 162 So. 3d 102, 106 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014) (“Florida law is well established that service of process, and any defect in service of process, can be waived by the general appearance of a party before the trial court.”); Parra v. Raskin, 647 So. 2d 1010, 1011 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994) (“[W]hen a defendant waives an objection to insufficient service of process by failing to timely object, the defendant thereby consents to litigate the action and the court may not, either on the defendant’s motion or its own initiative, dismiss the suit for insufficient service of process.”).

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