Pendergraft v. C.H. , 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 12920 ( 2017 )


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  •          IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
    FIFTH DISTRICT
    NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
    FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
    DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED
    JAMES SCOTT PENDERGRAFT, IV,
    ORLANDO WOMEN'S CENTER, LLC,
    WILSON MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, LLC,
    WILSON MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, INC.,
    GORILLA REALTY MANAGEMENT, LLC, ET AL.,
    Appellants,
    v.                                                    Case No. 5D17-49
    C.H., AS SETTLOR OF THE J.F. SPECIAL
    NEEDS TRUST and THE CENTER FOR
    SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST ADMINISTRATION,
    INC., AS TRUSTEE OF THE J.F. SPECIAL
    NEEDS TRUST,
    Appellees.
    ________________________________/
    Opinion filed September 7, 2017
    Non-Final Appeal from the Circuit Court
    for Orange County,
    John Marshall Kest, Judge.
    Elizabeth Siano Harris, of Widerman Malek,
    PL, Melbourne, for Appellants.
    Richard J. Stone, of Richard J. Stone, P.A.,
    Miami; and Frank F. Fernandez, III,
    The Fernandez Firm, Tampa, for Appellees.
    PER CURIAM.
    Appellants appeal from an order freezing their assets in proceedings
    supplementary filed below. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
    An order freezing assets for further determination of the ownership right to those
    assets is in the nature of an injunction. TJ Mgmt. Grp., L.L.C. v. Zidon, 
    990 So. 2d 623
    ,
    625 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008). When an appeal is taken from the entry of a temporary
    injunction, Appellants cannot raise arguments that should have been, but were not, raised
    at the hearing in the trial court. See 
    id. at 626
    . However, here, the trial court failed to
    require Appellee to post a bond, a ministerial act. See Fla. High Sch. Activities Ass’n v.
    Mander ex rel Mander, 
    932 So. 2d 314
    , 315-16 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006) (holding that trial court
    cannot waive bond requirement nor can bond be nominal); Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. v.
    Cozart, 
    561 So. 2d 368
    , 370 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990) (“A trial court must require the movant
    to post an injunction bond before it enters a temporary injunction.”). Though the circuit
    court can determine the appropriate amount of the bond after hearing evidence from all
    parties, the court is without discretion to determine whether to set bond in the first place.
    See Bellach v. Huggs of Naples, Inc., 
    704 So. 2d 679
    , 680 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997).
    For these reasons, we affirm the order freezing Appellants’ assets, but remand for
    the trial court to determine an appropriate injunction bond.
    AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; and REMANDED.
    COHEN, C.J., ORFINGER and BERGER, JJ., concur.
    2
    

Document Info

Docket Number: Case 5D17-49

Citation Numbers: 225 So. 3d 420, 2017 WL 3896921, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 12920

Judges: Cohen, Orfinger, Berger

Filed Date: 9/7/2017

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 10/19/2024