Sharpe v. Stanley

Petitioner seeks a belated appeal, asserting that she was not provided a copy of the trial court’s final order of dissolution of marriage. As we held in Green v. Department of Corrections, 122 So.3d 932 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013), this court has no authority to grant a belated appeal in a civil proceeding. In a civil case, where a party is “not furnished a copy of the order and thus did not have timely notice of its entry, [that circumstance] does not extend the jurisdictional time limit for appeal. Relief may be sought in the trial court by motion under Fla. R. C[iv]. P. 1.540(b) to set aside the…