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3rd DCAFebruary 8, 2023Petition Granted; Orders Quashed⭐ Notable

Padron v. Padron

Case No. 3D2022-2146

Two days after the parties executed a marital settlement agreement, the trial court entered a final judgment incorporating it. Without any motion, petition, or reservation of jurisdiction anteed ad litem's one-sentence request for a case management conference aside he the a portion of the final judgment sua sponte more than sixty days later and set the case for trial. The Third District granted prohibition, holding the trial court lacked continuing (case) jurisdiction to vacate the judgment, and quashed the vacatur and trial-setting orders.

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