Hammond v. Mihalko

This appeal concerns the estreating of a bond and the subsequent final judgment of forfeiture. The bondsman filed an appeal from the order estreating the appearance bond and a separate appeal from the Final Judgment. This court has permitted consolidation.

Appellant bondsman has a total of eight issues on appeal, none of which the county addresses in its briefs. Instead it depends on the single theory that this court has no jurisdiction because the bondsman did not file a motion to set aside the Final Judgment within the 45 day time limit of Section 903.27(5), Florida Statutes (1983):(5) After…