West International, Inc. v. Peerless Developers, LLC

Full title: WEST INTERNATIONAL, INC., Appellant, v. PEERLESS DEVELOPERS, LLC, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Dec 7, 2005

916 So. 2d 50 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

Opinion

No. 3D05-439.

December 7, 2005.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Jon I. Gordon, Judge.

Alvarez, Armas Borron, P.A., and J. Alfredo De Armas, Coral Gables, for appellant.

Holland Knight, LLP, and Jose A. Casal, and Barbara M. Arco, Miami, for appellee.

Before GERSTEN, GREEN, and SUAREZ, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Klinger v. Milton Holding Co., 136 Fla. 50, 71, 186 So. 526, 535 (1939) ("the affidavit and service by publication being valid and sufficient on the face of the record, the final decree and the action taken thereunder were not absolutely void but merely voidable."); Reina v. Barnett Bank, N.A., 766 So.2d 290, 292 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000) ("failure to strictly comply with the applicable service of process statutes renders a subsequent judgment voidable." (footnote omitted)); See Se. Assocs., Inc. v. Fox Run Homeowners Ass'n, Inc., 704 So.2d 694, 696 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997) ("a factually insufficient affidavit rendered a judgment entered in reliance on it voidable, not void.") (citing Demars v. Village of Sandalwood Lakes Homeowners Assoc., Inc., 625 So.2d 1219 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993)).