Sanchez v. Black, Srebnick, Kornspan & Stumpf, P.A.

This is an appeal from an order granting the appellee’s motion to disburse a portion of the funds acquired by the appellants in a condemnation proceeding. We affirm.

The appellants contend that the order disbursing funds was improper because the appellee did not follow the statutory mandates of section 55.10(1), Florida Statutes,1 in recording its lien on the subject property. We disagree.

An existing, duly recorded mortgage, which ultimately results in a final *202judgment of foreclosure, is not the “judgment lien” anticipated by the statute.2 Instead, said mortgage is a pre-existing lien that is…