Community Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of the Palm Beaches v. Orman

LETTS, Judge.

This appeal arises from a trial judge’s dismissal of a suit to foreclose a mortgage, brought by an institutional lender against two co-tenants admittedly in default at the time of acceleration. However, the final judgment in favor of said co-tenants also required them to reimburse the lender for all costs, fees, late charges and accrued interest. We affirm.

Substantial and competent evidence within the record of this nonjury proceeding, albeit disputed, supports the following scenario: the divorced borrowers owned the subject residence, in which the ex-wife resided, as tenants in…