Toirac v. Department of Business & Professional Regulation, Division of Real Estate

Marlene Montenegro Toirac and Home Center International Corporation appeal the Final Order of appellee Florida Department of Real Estate Commission that suspended their real estate license for a period of four years. Because the Commission failed to comply with section 120.57(1)(Z), Florida Statutes, when it increased the penalty in its Final Order, we reverse.

Toirac was a principal of Home Center. The Department charged both Toirac and Home Center in two separate administrative complaints. In the 2001 complaint, the Department alleged that Montenegro and Home Center had not paid a County…