Bernice Bade v. NationStar Mortgage, LLC

180 So. 3d 163, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 16571, 2015 WL 6738716

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: November 4, 2015
• Docket: 4D14-2252
• Status: Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM;

We dismiss the instant appeal because we lack jurisdiction. App'ellant did not timely appeal the original final judgment of foreclosure. The Amended final judgment did not materially change the original final judgment in that the amended judgment only corrected a scrivener’s-error by changing the plaintiffs name from GMAC to Nationstar in light of the substitution that had been previously approved. See Wetherington v. Minch, 637 So.2d 967, 967 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994) . (“An amendment of a final judgment which does not change matters of substance or resolve a genuine ambiguity does not toll the time within which the parties must seek review.”); see also DeGale v. Krongold, Bass & Todd, 773 So.2d 630, 632 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000) (ruling that an amended judgment correcting a party name did not toll the time to appeal original judgment).

Even if jurisdiction was proper, we would affirm the trial court’s rulings because we find that appellant’s claims of error have no merit. '

Accordingly, we dismiss this untimely-filed appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

Appeal Dismissed.

WARNER, LEVINE and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.