Gale v. Blake

In case number 99-809, we reverse the order under review insofar as it grants Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540 relief by vacating previous awards of attorney’s fees in a domestic action. In our judgment, the rule was improperly employed as a substitute for a timely appeal to correct a mistaken view of the law, which, without any affirmative impropriety by anyone, was shared by both parties and the court. Curbelo v. Ullman, 571 So.2d 443 (Fla.1990); Bortz v. Bortz, 675 So.2d 622 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996); Harrison v. La *519Placida Community Ass’n, 665 So.2d 1138 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996); Metropolitan…