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SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                         STATE OF FLORIDA
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                              Case No. 6D23-2426
                        Lower Tribunal No. 21-CA-003790
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                       RUBEN FUENTES and YAIMET MURO,

                                    Appellants,
                                         v.

YUHI LANDHOLDINGS, LLC, YUHI INVESTMENTS LLC, LEE COUNTY, CITY OF FORT
      MYERS, and MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.,
                                     Appellees.
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                  Appeal from the Circuit Court for Lee County.
                             James Shenko, Judge.

                                 January 12, 2024

PER CURIAM.

      We have for review a final judgment for Appellee Yuhi Landholdings, LLC.

We dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, however, that portion of the appeal seeking

review of the trial court’s determination that Appellee is entitled to recover

attorneys’ fees and costs from Appellants but reserving jurisdiction to determine the

amount thereof. See, e.g., Yampol v. Turnberry Isle S. Condo. Ass’n, Inc., 250 So.

3d 835, 837 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018) (“An order granting entitlement to attorney’s fees

but not determining the amount of fees or costs is a non-final, non-appealable order,

and such an order is subject to dismissal for lack of jurisdiction.”). This partial
dismissal is without prejudice to Appellants’ separate appeal from the trial court’s

subsequent order determining the amount of such fees and costs (Case No. 6D23-

3594).

      In all other respects, the final judgment is affirmed. See Applegate v. Barnett

Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So. 2d 1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979) (“When there are issues of

fact the appellant necessarily asks the reviewing court to draw conclusions about the

evidence. Without a record of the trial proceedings, the appellate court can not

properly resolve the underlying factual issues so as to conclude that the trial court’s

judgment is not supported by the evidence or by an alternative theory. Without

knowing the factual context, neither can an appellate court reasonably conclude that

the trial judge so misconceived the law as to require reversal.”).

      AFFIRMED in part; DISMISSED in part.

MIZE, BROWNLEE and GANNAM, JJ., concur.

Richard F. DeVall, of Zinnlaw PLLC, Fort Myers, for Appellants.

Rachel A. Kerlek, of Woods, Weidenmiller, Michetti & Rudnick, LLP, Naples, for
Appellee, Yuhi Landholdings, LLC.

No Appearance for Appellees, Yuhi Investments LLC, Lee County, City of Fort
Myers, and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.

 NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING
          AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED

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