PALTER v. SUNSET PALM VILLAS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC (2024)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Jessica PALTER, etc., et al., Appellants, v. SUNSET PALM VILLAS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellee.

No. 3D24-0203

Decided: October 30, 2024

Before LOGUE, C.J., and EMAS and SCALES, JJ.

The Law Firm of Arianna M. Mendez, PLLC, and Arianna M. Mendez, for appellants. Koss Law Firm, P.A., and Jeremy A. Koss, Sunrise, for appellee.

“Because ‘only competent evidence may be considered by the court in ruling upon a motion for summary judgment,’ a document attached to a motion for summary judgment or a document attached to an affidavit that is not otherwise authenticated is not competent evidence.” Hatoum v. Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp., 299 So. 3d 519, 519 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020) (quoting Gidwani v. Roberts, 248 So. 3d 203, 208 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018)). See also Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510(c)(2) (“A party may object that the material cited to support or dispute a fact cannot be presented in a form that would be admissible in evidence.”).

Affirmed.

PER CURIAM.

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