Gary Leman v. Orit Tal

Summary

The Florida Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the county court’s judgment in an appeal concerning the preservation of a challenge to the trial court’s failure to make required factual findings and an attorney-fee award. The court held that the issues were not preserved through a timely motion for rehearing and cited the competent, substantial evidence standard for reviewing attorney-fee awards.

Holdings

1. A challenge to the trial court's failure to make required findings of fact in the final judgment must be raised in a motion for rehearing to be preserved for appeal.
2. An attorney-fee award will be upheld on appeal when supported by competent, substantial evidence.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the appellants preserved a challenge to the trial court's failure to make required findings of fact by raising the issue in a motion for rehearing.
2. Whether the attorney-fee award was supported by competent, substantial evidence.

Disposition

affirmed