CAMPANI v. BANKUNITED (2022)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Isauro CAMPANI, et al., Appellants, v. BANKUNITED, N.A., etc., Appellee.

No. 3D21-2408

Decided: October 12, 2022

Before LOGUE, LINDSEY, and MILLER, JJ.

Gastesi Lopez & Mestre PLLC, Jennifer M. Vazquez, and Raul R. Lopez, Miami, for appellants. Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Joseph C. Savino, and David R. Castellucci, (West Palm Beach), for appellee.

Affirmed. See Palm Beach Sav. & Loan Ass'n, F.S.A. v. Fishbein, 619 So. 2d 267, 270–71 (Fla. 1993) (finding appellant bank, which issued loan to appellee secured by mortgage on homestead residence, was entitled to equitable lien against said property where appellee fraudulently obtained loan and used it to satisfy preexisting mortgages on homestead property); Randazzo v. Randazzo, 980 So. 2d 1210, 1212–13 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008) (holding appellant's conduct was sufficient to warrant imposition of equitable lien on her homestead property after appellant sold marital residence and used sale proceeds to purchase new homestead property rather than pay proceeds to appellee, in violation of marital settlement agreement); Renda v. Price, 347 So.3d 3, 4-5 (Fla. 4th DCA July 27, 2022) (reversing trial court's finding that appellee could not foreclose on equitable lien on appellant's homestead property where disallowing foreclosure would unjustly enrich appellant).

PER CURIAM.

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