Real Property Update

• Development Orders / Proper Defendant: Executive director of the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) was not a “proper defendant” in a declaratory action challenging the constitutionality of subsection 8(c) to section 163.3215, Florida Statutes, regarding prevailing party, where the DEO does not have a sufficient stake in defending a statute that appellants argue chills the ability of locally affected citizens to challenge local government decisions that are not consistent with the local comprehensive plan – 1000 Friends of Fla., Inc. v. Eagle, No. 1D20-2135 (Fla. 1st DCA Nov. 3, 2021) (affirmed)
• Foreclosure / Judicial Foreclosure Sale: Unrepresented litigant failed to articulate how the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion to set aside or “reverse” the judicial foreclosure sale of his home – Jenkins v. Silver Pines Ass’n, Inc., No. 5D21-1740 (Fla. 5th DCA Nov. 5, 2021) (affirmed)

Financial Services Update

​No cases to report.

Title Insurance Update

No cases to report.