CONKLIN v. PEREZ (2021)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

David James CONKLIN, Jr., Appellant, v. Ximena PEREZ, Appellee.

No. 4D21-471

Decided: June 30, 2021

Troy W. Klein of the Law Office of Troy W. Klein, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant. Michael D. Cirullo, Jr., of Goren, Cherof, Doody & Ezrol, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Appellant David Conklin appeals the circuit court's non-final order granting Appellee Ximena Perez's motion for attorney's fees in the underlying paternity proceeding. We affirm as to all issues raised but remand to correct a scrivener's error in the circuit court's order.

Paragraph 9 of the order, which provides a summary of Appellee's financial affidavit, incorrectly refers to Appellee as “Respondent” rather than “Petitioner.” This is merely a scrivener's error and has no substantive effect because the court's ruling was based on the correct financial affidavits. See Subramanian v. Subramanian, 260 So. 3d 1075, 1076 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018).

Accordingly, we affirm and remand only for the trial court to correct the use of “Respondent” in Paragraph 9 to “Petitioner.” See Mitchell v. Mitchell, 841 So. 2d 564, 568 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003) (“Because the scrivener's error is clearly apparent from the record, we remand for the circuit court to correct the error by amended final judgment.”).

Affirmed and remanded with instructions.

Per Curiam.

Warner, Damoorgian, and Klingensmith, JJ., concur.

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