Case Name: Charles WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. Melanie BOYER, a minor child, through her parent and legal guardian Manon BOYER, and Manon Boyer, individually, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-07-07
Citations: 734 So. 2d 1206
Docket Number: No. 99-0607
Parties: Charles WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. Melanie BOYER, a minor child, through her parent and legal guardian Manon BOYER, and Manon Boyer, individually, Appellees.
Judges: STONE and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 734
Pages: 1206–1206

Head Matter:
Charles WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. Melanie BOYER, a minor child, through her parent and legal guardian Manon BOYER, and Manon Boyer, individually, Appellees.
No. 99-0607.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 7, 1999.
Lee Katherine Goldstein of Russo Appellate Firm, P.A., Miami, and Green & Ackerman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Kelly B. Gelb of Krupnick, Campbell, Malone, Roselli, Buser, Slama & Hancock, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

Opinion:
KLEIN, J.
Appellant is the defendant in a suit for personal injuries. He appeals an order granting appellees'/plaintiffs' motion to freeze his assets so that he cannot dissipate them prior to judgment. We agree with appellant that this order amounts to an injunction and that it was error. At least one requisite for an injunction, no adequate remedy at law, is missing, because plaintiffs can obtain a final judgment. The test of whether this is an adequate remedy at law is whether the judgment can be obtained, not whether it is collectible. Stewart v. Manget, 132 Fla. 498, 181 So. 370 (1938); Oxford Int'l Bank and Trust, Ltd. v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 374 So.2d 54 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979) and cases cited therein. Reversed.
STONE and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.