Case Name: Howard M. NEU, Appellant, v. Judy TURGEL, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1985-12-24
Citations: 480 So. 2d 216
Docket Number: No. 85-296
Parties: Howard M. NEU, Appellant, v. Judy TURGEL, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 480
Pages: 216–217

Head Matter:
Howard M. NEU, Appellant, v. Judy TURGEL, Appellee.
No. 85-296.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 24, 1985.
Frank Wolland, North Miami, for appellant.
No appearance for appellee.
Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
FERGUSON, Judge.
The order dismissing plaintiffs complaint with prejudice for failure to timely amend is reversed on authority of Edward L. Nezelek, Inc. v. Sunbeam Television Corp., 413 So.2d 51 (Fla. 3d DCA), rev. denied, 424 So.2d 763 (Fla.1982). Once a court has dismissed a complaint with leave to amend, it cannot subsequently dismiss with prejudice for failure to timely amend unless (1) separate notice is given to plaintiff of the hearing on the motion to dismiss with prejudice, or (2) the order dismissing the complaint with leave to amend specifically provides that on failure to amend within the stated time, the cause will be dismissed without further notice. Id. Neither condition was satisfied here.
Reversed and remanded for further proceedings.
. An amended complaint was filed five days outside the fifteen-day allotted time, but eight months before the order of dismissal with prejudice was entered.