Claflin v. Claflin
Claflin v. Claflin
Opinion of the Court
Catherine Claflin seeks a writ prohibiting further proceedings in this dissolution of marriage case, which she and her husband recently voluntarily dismissed. Prior to the voluntary dismissal, the trial court granted MSP Recovery Services, LLC, the
As this Court stated in State v. Florida Workers’ Advocates, 167 So.3d 500, 505-06 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015), “the rights of an intervenor are conditional in that they exist only so long as the litigation continues between the parties.” (quoting Envtl. Confed’n of Sw. Fla. v. IMC Phosphates, Inc., 857 So.2d 207, 211 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003)). Therefore, MSP Recovery’s claims did not survive the parties’ voluntary dismissal of the dissolution of marriage action. The trial court is enjoined and prohibited from conducting further proceedings in this case.
Petition granted; writ withheld.
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