Legal Opinion
Hess v. Patrick
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 1, 2015No. 2D13-3355PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILBERMAN, Judge.
Richard Hess, Meredith Hess, and Lucre, Inc. (collectively the Hesses), appeal the trial court’s order that grants John T. Patrick’s motion to quash a writ of execution and quashes the writ with prejudice. The Hesses obtained an Arizona federal judgment awarding them a total of $1,600,000. They registered the judgment in Florida under sections 55.501-.509, Florida Statutes (2012), the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (FEFJA). The trial court determined that Arizona’s five-year statute of limitations applies and that the judgment is unenforceable in Florida. We…
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