Case Name: KUVIN & STETTIN, P.A., Appellant, v. Vera WONG, Maurice Wong, Richard Wong, Carolyn D. Lowe f/k/a Carolyn D. Chung, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-03-15
Citations: 752 So. 2d 1269
Docket Number: No. 4D99-1363
Parties: KUVIN & STETTIN, P.A., Appellant, v. Vera WONG, Maurice Wong, Richard Wong, Carolyn D. Lowe f/k/a Carolyn D. Chung, Appellees.
Judges: GUNTHER, TAYLOR and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 752
Pages: 1269–1269

Head Matter:
KUVIN & STETTIN, P.A., Appellant, v. Vera WONG, Maurice Wong, Richard Wong, Carolyn D. Lowe f/k/a Carolyn D. Chung, Appellees.
No. 4D99-1363.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
March 15, 2000.
Arnold R. Ginsberg of Ginsberg & Schwartz, Miami, for appellant.
Carolyn Lowe, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, pro se.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Kuvin & Stettin, P.A. appeals the trial court's order denying its motion to enforce a charging lien against its former client, Carolyn D. Lowe. We reverse the order because the trial court, having determined appellant's entitlement to an attorney's charging lien, had a duty to enforce the lien by summary proceeding in the underlying action. Law Office of Sara Lawrence, P.A. v. Livingston, 702 So.2d 616 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997); Edward C. Tietig, P.A. v. Southeast Reg'l Constr. Corp., 617 So.2d 761 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993); Zimmerman v. Livnat, 507 So.2d 1205 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987). We remand with directions to the trial court to allow enforcement of the attorney's charging lien in this cause.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
GUNTHER, TAYLOR and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.