Case Name: Guy BLAIN, Petitioner, v. Maria BLAIN, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2011-01-31
Citations: 54 So. 3d 547
Docket Number: No. 3D11-111
Parties: Guy BLAIN, Petitioner, v. Maria BLAIN, Respondent.
Judges: Before SHEPHERD, LAGOA, and EMAS, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 54
Pages: 547–548

Head Matter:
Guy BLAIN, Petitioner, v. Maria BLAIN, Respondent.
No. 3D11-111.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 31, 2011.
Rehearing Denied March 10, 2011.
Louis C. Arslanian, Hollywood, for petitioner.
Kim A. Marjenhoff, Fort Lauderdale, for respondent.
Before SHEPHERD, LAGOA, and EMAS, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Denied. See Select Builders of Fla., Inc. v. Wong, 367 So.2d 1089, 1091 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979) ("[W]e find the court to be correct in striking the voluntary dismissal and reinstating the matter to prevent a fraud on the court."); accord Tobkin v. State, 777 So.2d 1160, 1163-64 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001) ("Florida courts have determined that this right to dismiss [voluntarily] is almost absolute. An exception to this absolute right arises where the party taking the voluntary dismissal perpetrates a fraud on the court.") (citations omitted).