Case Name: Harold VAN ARNEM, Appellant, v. Jeri MAR-TRATT et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-07-25
Citations: 564 So. 2d 268
Docket Number: No. 89-2047
Parties: Harold VAN ARNEM, Appellant, v. Jeri MAR-TRATT et al., Appellees.
Judges: ANSTEAD, GUNTHER, JJ., and FRANK, RICHARD H., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 564
Pages: 268–269

Head Matter:
Harold VAN ARNEM, Appellant, v. Jeri MAR-TRATT et al., Appellees.
No. 89-2047.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 25, 1990.
John W. Bowen of Melvin, Bowen & Melvin, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Jerome R. Schechter of Jerome R. Schechter, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appel-lee Jeri Mar-Tratt.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. We agree with the appel-lee, Jeri Mar-Tratt, that once the appellant, Harold Van Arnem, withdrew his motion to vacate based upon a jurisdictional challenge and subsequently failed to object to the entry of a final judgment of garnishment, the trial court acted properly in subsequently rejecting a second motion to vacate filed over two (2) weeks later. Cf. Schneiderman v. Cantor, 546 So.2d 51 (Fla.4th DCA 1989). Under the unique circumstances of this case we believe appellant's action in first filing and then withdrawing a challenge to the court's jurisdiction, and failing to object to the entry of judgment despite the opportunity to do so, constituted a submission to the court's jurisdiction and a waiver of subsequently discovered defects. We reject appellant's contention that a different result is mandated because appellant's counsel chose not to actually attend the noticed hearing on his motion to vacate and the appellee's motion for entry of judgment.
ANSTEAD, GUNTHER, JJ., and FRANK, RICHARD H., Associate Judge, concur.