Court Opinion

ID: 4818654
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-08-22 01:10:37.636822+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:10:56.836884
License: Public Domain

ON CONFESSION OF ERROR

PER CURIAM.
Appellant argues on appeal that the trial court erred in conducting a foreclosure trial before the case was at issue, in contravention to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.440(a). Rule 1.440(a) states that “[a]n action is at issue after any motions directed to the last pleading served have been disposed of or, if no such motions are served, 20 days after service of the last pleading.” Appellee concedes, and we agree, that the trial court improperly issued an order setting a non-jury trial and held a trial less than twenty days after the *12service of the last pleading in violation of Rule 1.440(a). Accordingly, we reverse and remand for a new trial in compliance with rule 1.440(a).

Reversed and Remanded.

WARNER, GROSS and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.