Case Name: Robert B. SERGE, Appellant, v. Frances A. ROBERTSON, a/k/a Frances A. Ewing, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-02-13
Citations: 573 So. 2d 1072
Docket Number: No. 89-2058
Parties: Robert B. SERGE, Appellant, v. Frances A. ROBERTSON, a/k/a Frances A. Ewing, Appellee.
Judges: STONE, WARNER and POLEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 573
Pages: 1072–1072

Head Matter:
Robert B. SERGE, Appellant, v. Frances A. ROBERTSON, a/k/a Frances A. Ewing, Appellee.
No. 89-2058.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Feb. 13, 1991.
Robert B. Serge, Fort Lauderdale, pro se.
Paul S. Stuart of Stuart & Walker, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the trial court's order ratifying a general master's report and rejecting appellant's exceptions to the report.
The record reflects that the appellant did not consent to a referral to the master. Nor was there any conduct on his part constituting a waiver of the referral. To the contrary, there is unrefuted evidence that he orally objected. See Bathurst v. Turner, 533 So.2d 939 (Fla.3d DCA 1988); Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.490(c). It was error to ratify the report and reject the exceptions in the absence of a transcript or adequate written record of the master's hearing. Fla.R. Civ.P. 1.490(f).
STONE, WARNER and POLEN, JJ., concur.