Legal Opinion
Garcia v. Collazo
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided September 24, 2015No. 15-0994PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES
SUAREZ, C.J.
- Ileana Collazo seeks appellate attorney’s fees and costs resulting from a frivolous appeal from a non-appealable non-final order. Garcia v. Collazo, No. 3D15-994, 167 So.3d 523 (Fla. 3d DCA July 8, 2015). Collazo made the request for costs and fees within her motion to dismiss Garcia’s appeal for lack of jurisdiction. This Court granted her motion and dismissed the appeal. ■
Collazo first requests appellate costs. Motions for appellate costs cannot be filed in the district court but must be filed in the lower tribunal after jurisdiction has been…
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