Case Name: Guillermo MARTINEZ and Pablo Liberatori, Appellants, v. Larry LIEBERMAN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-01-25
Citations: 920 So. 2d 128
Docket Number: No. 3D05-1717
Parties: Guillermo MARTINEZ and Pablo Liberatori, Appellants, v. Larry LIEBERMAN, Appellee.
Judges: Before RAMIREZ, SHEPHERD, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 920
Pages: 128–129

Head Matter:
Guillermo MARTINEZ and Pablo Liberatori, Appellants, v. Larry LIEBERMAN, Appellee.
No. 3D05-1717.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 25, 2006.
Wendell T. Locke, Pembroke Pines, for appellants.
Larry Lieberman, for appellee.
Before RAMIREZ, SHEPHERD, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal of a final judgment based on Larry Lieberman's motion for judgment on the pleadings. The Amended Complaint for breach of contract, breach of duty of good faith and fair dealings, and breach of fiduciary duty was based on an alleged oral partnership agreement. The trial court granted judgment on the pleadings based on the statute of frauds. We reverse.
"A motion for judgment on the pleadings must be 'decided on the pleadings only.' " New Vista Dev. Corp. v. Doral Terrace Assocs., Ltd., 878 So.2d 462, 464-65 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004). Under section 725.01, Florida Statutes (2004), any agreement that is not to be performed within one year is barred unless it is in writing. There is nothing in the pleadings to establish that the partnership was not to be performed within a year. At best, this was an oral contract for an indefinite time which is not barred by the Statute of Frauds. See Elliot v. Carl H. Winslow, Jr., P.A., 737 So.2d 609, 610 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999).
Reversed and remanded for further proceedings.