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Maleana GAY, f/k/a/ Maleana Mann, Appellant, v. Timothy MANN, Appellee.
Appellant seeks review of an order denying her amended motion to set aside a final judgment of dissolution of marriage. Appellant timely filed a motion for rehearing on the order, which was denied. More than five months after the order on appeal was rendered, Appellant filed her notice of appeal. However, because the motion for rehearing was unauthorized and did not toll the time for the filing of a notice of appeal, the notice of appeal was untimely.
Only authorized and timely motions for rehearing toll rendition of an order. Fla. R. App. P. 9.020(h)(1). Motions for rehearing on orders denying a motion for relief from judgment are not authorized and do not toll the time for filing a notice of appeal. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.130(a)(5); see also Frantz v. Moore, 772 So. 2d 581, 581 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000) (dismissing an appeal for lack of jurisdiction “[b]ecause a motion for rehearing of an order denying a motion for relief from judgment is not authorized, the motion for rehearing did not toll the time for filing a notice of appeal.”); see also Catalano v. Catalano, 516 So. 2d 77 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987); Talley v. Canal Indemnity Co., 558 So. 2d 1088 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990) (Anstead, J., concurring). Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
Dismissed.
Per Curiam.
B.L. Thomas, Roberts, and Long, JJ., concur.
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Docket No: No. 1D21-1197
Decided: August 18, 2021
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
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