Mary J. Gordon-Durant v. Delandras R. Durant

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: November 18, 2025
• Docket: 5D2024-2439
• Status: Published

Opinion

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________

Case No. 5D2024-2439 L.T. Case No. 2023-DR-000592 _____________________________

MARY J. GORDON-DURANT,

Appellant,

v.

DELANDRAS R. DURANT,

Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Lake County, Dan F. Briggs, Judge.

Kene H. Anusionwu, Windermere, for Appellant.

Scott A. Livingston, Livingston Litigation, PLLC, Winter Springs, for Appellee.

November 18, 2025

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So. 2d 1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979) (“In appellate proceedings the decision of a trial court has the presumption of correctness and the burden is on the appellant to demonstrate error. . . . Without a record of the trial proceedings, the appellate court can not properly resolve the underlying factual issues so as to conclude that the trial court’s judgment is not supported by the evidence or by an alternative theory.”); Fortune v. Pantin, 851 So. 2d 274, 275 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003) (explaining that appellate review in the absence of a trial transcript is “limited to errors of law that are apparent on the face of the judgment”).

JAY, C.J., and HARRIS and MACIVER, JJ., concur. _____________________________

Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________