Case Name: Cherry B. MURROW, Appellant, v. OSCEOLA COUNTY, Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-09-20
Citations: 679 So. 2d 883
Docket Number: No. 95-2077
Parties: Cherry B. MURROW, Appellant, v. OSCEOLA COUNTY, Florida, Appellee.
Judges: PETERSON, C.J., W. SHARP, and ANTOON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 679
Pages: 883–884

Head Matter:
Cherry B. MURROW, Appellant, v. OSCEOLA COUNTY, Florida, Appellee.
No. 95-2077.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Sept. 20, 1996.
Ed Leinster, Orlando, for Appellant.
Usher L. Brown and Mary Van Leuven of Brown & Williams, P.A., Kissimmee, for Ap-pellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Cherry B. Murrow appeals the denial of her motion, pursuant to Rule 1.540, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, to have a judgment of forfeiture vacated based on the fact that during her bench trial, the trial court failed to obtain from her a written waiver of her right to a jury trial. We affirm.
Rule 1.430(d), Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, states that "a party who fails to serve a demand as required by this rule waives trial by jury." Section 932.704(3), Florida Statutes (1995) provides:
Any trial on the ultimate issue of forfeiture shall be decided by a jury, unless such right is waived by the claimant through a written waiver or on the record before the court conducting the forfeiture proceeding.
Murrow, by agreeing to and participating in, a bench trial, affirmatively waived her right to a jury trial.
We note additionally that even assuming error was made in failing to inform Murrow of her right to a jury trial, her proper remedy was by appeal, not by way of a 1.540 motion. Curbelo v. Ullman, 571 So.2d 443, 445 (Fla.1990) (judicial error such as a "mistaken view of the law" is not one of the circumstances contemplated by the rule.)
AFFIRMED.
PETERSON, C.J., W. SHARP, and ANTOON, JJ., concur.