FLOYD v. BANK OF AMERICA BAC LP LP (2019)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Daniela FLOYD, Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP F/K/A Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP and Middlebrook Pines Condominium Association, Inc., Appellees.

Case No. 5D17-2712

Decided: January 25, 2019

Thomas Eross, Jr., and Kendrick Almaguer, of The Ticktin Law Group, PLLC, Deerfield Beach, for Appellant. Jason D. Silver, of Greenspoon Marder, of Ft. Lauderdale, Roy A. Diaz and Adam A. Diaz, of SHD Legal Group PA, Ft. Lauderdale, for Appellee Bank of America, N.A., Successor By Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP F/K/A Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP. No Appearance for Appellee, Middlebrook Pines Condominium Association, Inc.

Appellant appeals the trial court's final order denying her motion for attorneys' fees following the involuntary dismissal of Appellee's residential mortgage foreclosure action. Appellant argues that she is entitled to attorneys' fees under section 57.105(7), Florida Statutes (2018), because she prevailed below by proving that while Appellee had standing at the time of trial, it lacked standing at the inception of the foreclosure suit. We agree. See Madl v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A., 244 So.3d 1134 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017); see also Glass v. Nationstar Mortg., LLC., 44 Fla. L. Weekly S100a ––– So.3d ––––, 2019 WL 98152 (Fla. Jan. 4, 2019); Harris v. Bank of N.Y. Mellon, 44 Fla. L. Weekly D141a, ––– So.3d ––––, 2018 WL 6816177 (Fla. 2d DCA Dec. 28, 2018).

Therefore, we reverse and remand for entry of an order granting Appellant's motion for attorneys' fees.

REVERSED and REMANDED

HARRIS, J.

ORFINGER and EDWARDS, JJ., concur.

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