NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT

EDWARD ADKINS, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D16-4751 ) DANTRO LLP, a dissolved Florida limited ) liability partnership; PHOENIX EQUITIES/ ) DHDC-REFLECTION LAKES, LLP, a ) dissolved Florida limited liability ) partnership; in rem DANTRO FUND; in ) rem PHOENIX FUND; and any unknown ) party, heir, devisee, assignee or otherwise ) that may claim an ownership interest in all ) or part of the in rem defendants, ) ) Appellees. ) ) Opinion filed October 25, 2017.

Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.130 from the Circuit Court for Lee County; Elizabeth V. Krier, Judge.

Jason P. Ramos of the Law Offices of Jason P. Ramos PLLC, Sarasota, for Appellant.

Joseph M. Kaye and Robert A. Stok of Stok Folk + Kon, Aventura, for Appellees Dantro LLP and Phoenix Equities/DHDC-Reflection Lakes LLP.

No appearance for remaining Appellees.

LaROSE, Chief Judge.

Pursuant to our review under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(C)(i), we affirm the trial court's order, in part. We dismiss all claims unrelated to the determination of the trial court's personal jurisdiction over Edward Adkins.

Affirmed, in part, and dismissed, in part.

SILBERMAN and MORRIS, JJ., Concur.

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