Jonathan Rodriguez v. Valentina Rodriguez
The Fifth District reversed the summary denial of a former husband's motion to vacate a general magistrate's recommended order in a dissolution case. The court held that, under the 2022-amended Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.490, a hearing on a timely-filed and pursued motion to vacate is mandatory, and it was reversible error to summarily deny the motion based solely on the movant's failure to submit all trial transcripts without assessing whether he substantially complied with the rule's record requirement.
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