ANTHONY MARSHALL
v.
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, ETC.

Fla. 4th DCA | 2025-01-08
No. 4D2023-1904
2025 FL 265 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2025)

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Holding

Florida Rules of Civil Procedure do not require a trial court to issue an order to show cause before imposing a sanction; notice and an opportunity to be heard are sufficient to satisfy due process.


Headnotes

[1] A trial court need not issue an order to show cause before imposing a sanction under the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure; notice of the sanctions motion and an opportuni…

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“The Florida Rules of Civil Procedure do not require a trial court to issue an order to show cause in order to issue a sanction. All that is required is notice and an opportunity to be heard.”

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Anthony Marshall failed to comply with prior court orders. Wilmington Savings Fund Society filed a motion for judicial default as a sanction, noticed …

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Opinion of the Court

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Marina Garcia-Wood, Judge; L.T. Case No. CACE22- 011945.

Anthony Marshall, Eatonville, pro se. Sean K. Mills of MBK Chapman PC, Boca Raton, for appellee. PER CURIAM.

In this appeal from a final summary judgment based upon a judicial default as a sanction for violating court orders, appellant claims that the court failed to issue an order to show cause before issuing the judicial default. The Florida Rules of Civil Procedure do not require a trial court to issue an order to show cause in order to issue a sanction. All that is required is notice and an opportunity to be heard. See, e.g., Neder v. Greyhound Fin. Corp., 592 So. 2d 1218, 1218 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992). In this case, appellee moved for the entry of a judicial default and noticed it for hearing, but appellant failed to appear at the hearing to object or provide evidence of his compliance with the prior order. Due process was satisfied.

Affirmed. WARNER, GROSS and MAY, JJ., concur.

* * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.


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