McNulty v. BankUnited

ORDER ON MOTION TO RELINQUISH JURISDICTION

SHEPHERD, C.J.

Appellant, Doris McNulty, has filed a motion for relinquishment of jurisdiction to the trial court in order for Appellant to file a motion for relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540. We deny the motion.

The presumption in this court, as it is in other district courts of appeal in the state, is that judicial economy is best served by leaving jurisdiction in the appellate court until the issuance of the mandate. See Arzoumanian v. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass’n, 967 So.2d 1020, 1021 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007): Lurie v. Auto-Owners Ins.…