Dames v. Dames

The majority opinion holds that under Florida Appellate Rule 3.16(c) the review of a cost judgment must be commenced within the 20 days from the “entry” of the cost judgment.

I agree with the majority conclusion that the petition for review in this case must be dismissed in that it is untimely. However, I can not agree that the use of the word “entry” instead of “rendition” has any significance.

Our Supreme Court has held that both words mean “recorded in the minutes of the court.”1 Moreover, even before the word “rendition” was specifically used or defined in the Florida Appellate Rules, our…