Viktoria Benkovitch v. U.S. Bank National Association, etc.
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Opinion
Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida
Opinion filed August 7, 2024. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D23-1476 Lower Tribunal No. 17-7669 ________________
Viktoria Benkovitch, Appellant,
vs.
U.S. Bank National Association, etc., Appellee.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Barbara Areces, Judge.
Viktoria Benkovitch, in proper person.
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, and Dorrella L. Gallaway (Atlanta, GA), for appellee.
Before EMAS, LINDSEY and GORDO, JJ.
PER CURIAM. Appellant, Viktoria Benkovitch, appeals the trial court’s order, which
denied her (1) motion seeking to vacate and set aside the consent final
judgment of foreclosure; (2) objection to foreclosure sale; (3) motion to
vacate and set aside the foreclosure sale and certificate of sale; (4) motion
for involuntary dismissal of the foreclosure complaint for failure to join an
indispensable party; and (5) request for an evidentiary hearing.
Following our review of the briefs and the record on appeal, we find no
abuse of discretion or error by the trial court and affirm. See S. Palm Beach
Inv. v. Ragatta Trading, Ltd., 789 So. 2d 396 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001) (holding
former owners of property not proper parties to foreclosure suit where they
had transferred their rights and interest in the property to a third party and
plaintiff was seeking only to foreclose the mortgage, not a deficiency
judgment); Mitchell v. Fed. Nat’l Mortg. Ass’n, 763 So. 2d 358, 359 (Fla. 4th
DCA 358) (reiterating that mortgagor who has conveyed his interest in
property to another prior to foreclosure filing is “neither necessary nor proper
part[y] to a suit to foreclose unless a deficiency decree is sought.”) (citation
omitted). See also Venezia v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 306 So. 3d 1096,
1097 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020) (“[T]he law is well-established that an objection to
a foreclosure sale must be directed toward conduct that occurred at, or was
directly related to, the foreclosure sale.”)
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