CARLOS EDUARDO GONCALVES v. SOUTH TOWER AT THE POINT CONDOMINIUM, INC., etc. ( 2022 )


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  •       Third District Court of Appeal
    State of Florida
    Opinion filed October 12, 2022.
    Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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    No. 3D21-1966
    Lower Tribunal No. 19-1185
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    Carlos Eduardo Goncalves, et al.,
    Appellants,
    vs.
    South Tower at the Point Condominium, Inc., etc.,
    Appellee.
    An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Charles
    Johnson, Judge.
    Claudio R. Cedrez, LLC, and Claudio R. Cedrez Pellegrino, for
    appellants.
    Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., and Lilliana M. Farinas-Sabogal, for appellee.
    Before EMAS, SCALES and MILLER, JJ.
    PER CURIAM.
    Affirmed. See RM & Assocs. Consulting, Inc. v. People’s Tr. Ins. Co.
    
    336 So. 3d 762
     (Fla. 3d DCA 2021) (citing Estate of Herrera v. Berlo Indus.,
    Inc., 
    840 So. 2d 272
    , 273 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003) (“[Appellant] seeks to raise
    issues which were not raised in the trial court. However, issues not presented
    in the trial court cannot be raised for the first time on appeal. Thus, [appellant]
    is precluded from raising new arguments on appeal.”)) Azanza v. Priv.
    Funding Grp., Inc., 
    24 So. 3d 586
    , 587 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009) (“This court has
    held that any error in failing to give twenty days’ notice prior to a summary
    judgment hearing is waived if the party does not object to insufficient notice
    either before a summary judgment hearing, at the summary judgment
    hearing, or in a motion for rehearing”) (citing E & I, Inc. v. Excavators, Inc.,
    
    697 So. 2d 545
    , 546 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997) (holding that “where, as in the
    present case, there was no objection to the insufficient notice prior to the
    [summary judgment] hearing, at the [summary judgment] hearing, nor in the
    motion for rehearing, the issue has been waived”)). See also § 718.121(6),
    Fla. Stat. (2019) (requiring association to deliver to unit owner a notice of
    intent to record lien and further providing that such notice must be in
    “substantially” the form set forth within the statute).
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