Rebekah Dunaj v. James Worley

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: October 16, 2024
• Docket: 3D2024-0438
• Status: Published

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed October 16, 2024. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D24-0438 Lower Tribunal No. 19-43-K ________________

Rebekah Dunaj, Appellant,

vs.

James Worley, Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Sharon Hamilton, Judge.

Rebekah Joy Dunaj, in proper person.

No appearance for appellee.

Before EMAS, SCALES, and GOODEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM. Appellant Rebekah Dunaj appeals several orders concerning custody

and child support obligations. The trial court did not abuse its discretion as

its ruling was supported by competent, substantial evidence. Richardson v.

Richardson, 442 So. 2d 1005, 1005 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983). Therefore, we

affirm.

To the extent that Appellant Dunaj seeks review of an order entered

after the appeal was filed, we dismiss that portion of the appeal. We do not

have jurisdiction to consider matters not properly before this Court. See Fla.

R. App. P. 9.110(h) (“[T]he court may review any ruling or matter occurring

before filing of the notice.”); Santos v. HSBC Bank USA, Nat’l Ass’n as Tr.

for Holders of the GSAA Home Equity Tr. 2005-07, 258 So. 3d 535, 537 (Fla.

3d DCA 2018) (“Pursuant to this rule, Florida appellate courts deny review

of judicial acts occurring after the filing of a notice of appeal.”); Velickovich v.

Ricci, 391 So. 2d 258, 260 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980) (“This court cannot review

judicial acts of a trial court taking place after the filing of a notice of appeal

unless those judicial acts are themselves made the subject of a new notice

of appeal or other appropriate appellate proceedings.”).

Affirmed in part, dismissed in part.