Freeman v. Velez

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT January Term 2009 CHRISTOPHER FREEMAN, Appellant, v. JOANNE VELEZ, Appellee. No. 4D08-2585 [May 27, 2009] PER CURIAM. We affirm on all issues except the issue of attorney s fees. Because the final judgment merely reserved jurisdiction to determine entitlement to and the amount of attorney s fees, appeal of this issue was premature. Although appellant explains that the trial court made that determination after the filing of the notice of appeal, [t]his 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. Velickovich v. Ricci, 391 So. 2d 258, 260 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980); see also Fla. R. App. P. 9.110(h) ( The court may review any ruling or matter occurring before filing of the notice. ). GROSS, C.J., WARNER and CIKLIN, JJ., concur. * * * Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Arthur M. Birken, Judge; L.T. Case No. 07-8928 35. Christopher Freeman, Plantation, pro se. Edward Lopez of The Law Office of Edward Lopez, LLC, Hollywood, for appellee. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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