Case Name: Daniel George TORGERSEN, Appellant, v. Geraldine Lenore TORGERSEN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-08-23
Citations: 565 So. 2d 903
Docket Number: No. 89-2102
Parties: Daniel George TORGERSEN, Appellant, v. Geraldine Lenore TORGERSEN, Appellee.
Judges: DAUKSCH and COWART, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 565
Pages: 903–904

Head Matter:
Daniel George TORGERSEN, Appellant, v. Geraldine Lenore TORGERSEN, Appellee.
No. 89-2102.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Aug. 23, 1990.
Joy A. Lordahl, Jacksonville, for appellant.
John A. Nelson of Step, Travis & Nelson, P.A., Inverness, for appellee.

Opinion:
HARRIS, Judge.
Appellant appeals an oral order denying his motion for modification of final judgment of dissolution of marriage. Rule 9.110(b), Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, provides that this court's jurisdiction is invoked by the filing of a notice of appeal within 30 days of the rendition of the order to be reviewed. Rule 9.020(g) defines rendition as the filing of a signed, written order with the clerk of the lower tribunal. See also State ex rel. Faircloth v. Cross, 238 So.2d 81 (Fla.1970). An oral pronouncement does not satisfy Rule 9.110(b). See also State v. Green, 527 So.2d 941 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988).
Since this court is without jurisdiction to review an oral order, this appeal must be dismissed. State v. Smith, 557 So.2d 904 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990).
DISMISS.
DAUKSCH and COWART, JJ., concur.