Manancial Evangelical Church, Inc., D/B/A Living Water Church v. Sloan Family Holdings, LLC

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: September 6, 2024
• Docket: 6D2024-0138
• Status: Published

Opinion

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________

Case No. 6D2024-0138 Lower Tribunal No. 2023-CA-000690-O _____________________________

MANANCIAL EVANGELICAL CHURCH, INC., d/b/a LIVING WATER CHURCH,

Appellant, v.

SLOAN FAMILY HOLDING, INC.,

Appellee. _____________________________

Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.130 from the Circuit Court for Orange County. Heather Pinder Rodriguez, Judge.

September 6, 2024

PER CURIAM.

Manancial Evangelical Church, Inc. d/b/a Living Water Church

(“Manancial”) appeals the entry of two orders, only one of which this Court has

jurisdiction to review. The order denying Manancial’s motion to vacate a clerk

default and final default judgment is reviewable pursuant to Florida Rule of

Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(5), as an order “entered on an authorized and timely

motion for relief from judgment.” Having reviewed this order, we affirm without

further discussion. The second order appealed from is an order denying Sloan Family Holdings,

LLC’s (“Sloan”) motion for final judgment as to Count II of the complaint.

Manancial asserts the order is reviewable pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate

Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(C)(i) as an order which determines the jurisdiction of the

person. We disagree. The order makes no findings concerning personal jurisdiction

nor do we perceive the order as implicitly determining personal jurisdiction. We

similarly conclude that the order is not reviewable via certiorari. Accordingly,

without any means by which to review the nonfinal order, we are compelled to

dismiss this portion of the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

AFFIRMED in part; DISMISSED in part.

TRAVER, C.J., and NARDELLA and BROWNLEE, JJ., concur.

Chris Fisher and Amy J. Fisher, of Law Offices of Chris B. Fisher, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellant.

Andrew S. Ballentine, of Cornerstone Law Firm, PLLC, Winter Springs, for Appellee.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED