Case Name: Henry S. BONIS, Appellant, v. Faith COLLINS and Imo Idikpol Akpaeti, her husband, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-12-19
Citations: 802 So. 2d 452
Docket Number: No. 3D01-1974
Parties: Henry S. BONIS, Appellant, v. Faith COLLINS and Imo Idikpol Akpaeti, her husband, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GERSTEN and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 802
Pages: 452–452

Head Matter:
Henry S. BONIS, Appellant, v. Faith COLLINS and Imo Idikpol Akpaeti, her husband, Appellee.
No. 3D01-1974.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 19, 2001.
Lionel Barnet, Miami, for appellant.
Cornelius Shiver, Jr., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GERSTEN and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the trial court's order granting summary judgment in the instant foreclosure action. As the trial court properly found, pursuant to section 95.281(l)(a), Florida Statutes (1999), the mortgage terminated prior to the plaintiff filing the foreclosure action.
. Section 95.281(l)(a), Florida Statutes (1999), provides as follows:
(1) The lien of a mortgage or other instrument encumbering real property, herein called mortgage, except those specified in subsection (5), shall terminate after the expiration of the following periods of time:
(a) If the final maturity of an obligation secured by a mortgage is ascertainable from the record of it, 5 years after the date of maturity.