Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2012

Mercer v. Mercer

Mercer v. Mercer
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided September 5, 2012 · Conner, Damoorgian, Warner
96 So. 3d 1094; 2012 WL 3822263; 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 14866 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Mercer v. Mercer

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Ries v. Ries, 984 So.2d 612, 613 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008). As to appellant’s claim that the court adopted the wife’s final judgment without providing him with service of the proposed final judgment, appellant’s pleadings were stricken for failure to provide discovery, and he was sanctioned and excluded from the courtroom for obstructive behavior. We conclude that Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.080(c) applies. That rule provides that “[n]o service need be made on parties against whom a default has been entered.... ”

WARNER, DAMOORGIAN and CONNER, JJ., concur.

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