Legal Opinion

Conner v. Conner

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 5, 2001No. Nos. 2D99-3907, 2D00-1264PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BLUE, Chief Judge.

Byron Wesley Conner, Jr., appeals a modification of the final judgment of dissolution of his marriage to Sonia Bennett Conner and a subsequent nonfinal order that denied his motion to vacate the modified judgment. Because Mr. Conner did not receive adequate notice of the modification hearing, we reverse.

There are no hard and fast rules setting the number of days necessary to constitute reasonable notice. Harreld v. Harreld, 682 So.2d 635, 636 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996). Due process requires actual notice and time to prepare. Id. In Regalado v. Regalado, 743 So.2d 625 (Fla. 2d DCA…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Harreld v. HarreldDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996
  2. Regalado v. RegaladoDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Garden v. GardenDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  2. Traughber v. TraughberDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006
  3. Angela Clark, Former Wife v. Michael E. Clark, Former HusbandDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016

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