7825 Myrtle Oak Lane, LLC v. Bank of New York Mellon

200 So. 3d 130, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 6153, 2016 WL 1600400

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: April 22, 2016
• Docket: 5D15-74 7825
• Status: Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Andrew La Rosa and 7825 Myrtle Oak Lane, LLC, appeal a final judgment of foreclosure entered in favor of Bank of New York Mellon (“Bank”). We find merit in Appellants’ argument that Bank of New York Mellon failed to establish that it had standing to bring the foreclosure action. See McLean v. JP Morgan Chase Bank Nat’l Ass’n, 79 So.3d 170, 173-74 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012) (holding that a party’s standing is determined at the time the lawsuit was filed” and that “[wjhere the plaintiff contends that its standing to foreclose derives from an endorsement of the note, the plaintiff must show that the endorsement occurred prior to the inception of the lawsuit.” (citing Progressive Express Ins. Co. v. McGrath Cmty. Chiropractic, 913 So.2d 1281, 1286 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005))); Gonzalez v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P., 180 So.3d 1106, 1108 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015) (reiterating that the testimony of a witness regarding business records not entered into evidence at trial is insufficient to prove standing in a foreclosure case (citing Schmidt v. Deutsche Bank, 170 So.3d 938, 941 (Fla 5th DCA 2015))). Accordingly, we reverse with directions that the trial court enter an order of involuntary dismissal of the action. See Schmidt, 170 So.3d at 942 (“Because Bank failed to establish standing at the time of filing of the complaint, we reverse and remand for entry of a final order of involuntary dismissal of the action.”).

REVERSED.

BERGER, LAMBERT and EDWARDS, JJ., concur.