Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2011

Blain v. Blain

Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided January 31, 2011 · Emas, Lagoa, Shepherd

54 So. 3d 547; 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 910; 2011 WL 294086 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Denied. See Select Builders of Fla., Inc. v. Wong, 367 So.2d 1089, 1091 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979) (“[W]e find the court to be correct in striking the voluntary dismissal and reinstating the matter to prevent a fraud on the court.”); accord Tobkin v. State, 777 So.2d 1160, 1163-64 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001) (“Florida courts have determined that this right to dismiss [voluntarily] is almost absolute. An exception to *548this absolute right arises where the party taking the voluntary dismissal perpetrates a fraud on the court.”) (citations omitted).

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