Case Name: TAHITI RESORTS, INC., Appellant, v. Richard O. DOWLING, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-02-14
Citations: 446 So. 2d 189
Docket Number: No. 83-1813
Parties: TAHITI RESORTS, INC., Appellant, v. Richard O. DOWLING, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 446
Pages: 189–189

Head Matter:
TAHITI RESORTS, INC., Appellant, v. Richard O. DOWLING, Appellee.
No. 83-1813.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 14, 1984.
As Amended on Denial of Rehearing March 26, 1984.
James Thomas Lynch and James S. Matt-son, Key Largo, Karl Beckmeyer, Tavernier, for appellant.
Hugh F. Quinn, Coral Gables, for appel-lee.
Before BARKDULL, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant Tahiti Resorts, Inc. challenges the trial court's non-final order denying Tahiti's motion to set aside default and final judgment. The record discloses that Tahiti Resorts has failed to make the required showing of both excusable neglect and a meritorious defense necessary for vacating a default. North Shore Hospital, Inc. v. Barber, 143 So.2d 849 (Fla.1962); Dade County v. Lambert, 334 So.2d 844 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976). Furthermore, we have been presented with no authority to support appellant's position that the automatic stay provisions of the Bankruptcy Act operate to void service of process. We therefore find the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Tahiti's motion to set aside default and final judgment.
Affirmed.