Case Name: Toby GREENE, Appellant, v. Arlene BORSKY and Joseph Nardinocchi, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2007-07-25
Citations: 961 So. 2d 1057
Docket Number: No. 4D06-4823
Parties: Toby GREENE, Appellant, v. Arlene BORSKY and Joseph Nardinocchi, Appellees.
Judges: GUNTHER, J., and HOROWITZ, ALFRED J., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 961
Pages: 1057–1060

Head Matter:
Toby GREENE, Appellant, v. Arlene BORSKY and Joseph Nardinocchi, Appellees.
No. 4D06-4823.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 25, 2007.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 6, 2007.
Gary L. Rudolf of Rudolf & Hoffman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Lawrence J. Miller and Amy B. Beller of Miller & O’Neill, P.L., Boca Raton, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Toby Greene sued Arlene Borsky and Joseph Nardinocchi, the trustees under a former version of the Toby Greene Trust, regarding the validity of an amendment to the trust. Borsky and Nardinocchi sought, and were granted, attorney's fees and witness fees to be paid from the trust assets to fund their defense of the trust. Greene appeals the orders granting the fees. We affirm. However, we write to explain the basis of this Court's jurisdiction over this case.
The orders in this case are appealable non-final orders under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(C)(ii). Rule 9.130(a)(3)(C)(ii) provides that appealable non-final orders include those that determine "the right to immediate possession of property." This Court has previously held that a sum of money is property to which Rule 9.130(a)(3)(C)(ii) can apply. In Florida Discount Properties, Inc. v. Windermere Condominium, Inc., 763 So.2d 1084 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999), a lessor filed a motion to have disputed rent paid into the registry of the court. Id. at 1084. The trial court denied the motion, and the lessor appealed. Id. On appeal, this Court concluded that the order was an appeal-able non-final order under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(C)(ii), because it determined "the right to immediate possession of property, i.e., the rent payments." Id. Likewise, in the present case, the trial court orders determined the right to immediate possession of property, here trust assets to be used by trustees to pay for attorney's fees and witness fees expended in defense of the trust. As such, we conclude that this Court possesses jurisdiction over this appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(C)(ii) and affirm in all respects without further comment.
Affirmed.
GUNTHER, J., and HOROWITZ, ALFRED J., Associate Judge, concur.
FARMER, J., dissents with opinion.