Case Name: RABBIT HILL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellant, v. Jack A. CORY and Kenya Cory, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2008-03-13
Citations: 976 So. 2d 663
Docket Number: No. 1D07-3498
Parties: RABBIT HILL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellant, v. Jack A. CORY and Kenya Cory, Appellees.
Judges: BENTON and POLSTON, JJ., concur; WEBSTER, J., concurs with written opinion.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 976
Pages: 663–665

Head Matter:
RABBIT HILL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellant, v. Jack A. CORY and Kenya Cory, Appellees.
No. 1D07-3498.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 13, 2008.
Daniel E. Manausa and Mary W. Colon of Smith, Thompson, Shaw & Manausa, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant.
James M. DuRant, Jr., and Joseph R. Boyd of Boyd, DuRant & Sligher, P.L., Tallahassee, for Appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant seeks review of a final judgment assessing costs and attorney's fees, arguing that, having failed to plead entitlement to attorney's fees, such fees should not have been awarded. Because the record contains competent substantial evidence to support the trial court's finding that appellant recognized and acquiesced to appellees' claim for attorney's fees and, accordingly, waived its right to insist that the claim be set forth in a pleading, we affirm. See Stockman v. Downs, 573 So.2d 835, 837-38 (Fla.1991) (holding that, while "a claim for attorney's fees . must be pled," "[wjhere a party has notice that an opponent claims entitlement to attorney's fees, and by its conduct recognizes or acquiesces to that claim or otherwise fails to object to the failure to plead entitlement, that party waives any objection to the failure to plead a claim for attorney's fees") (citations omitted).
AFFIRMED.
BENTON and POLSTON, JJ., concur; WEBSTER, J., concurs with written opinion.