Supreme Court of Florida

A grant of a homestead exemption is necessary for a homeowner to obtain the baseline assessment for the Save Our Homes amendment, article VII, section 4(c) of the Florida Constitution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/15/2004
• Published 09/15/2004

Judges

• PARIENTE, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Mark T. Aliff, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Kise, Solicitor General, and Louis F. Hubener, Chief Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner., Sherri L. Johnson and John C. Dent, Jr. of Dent and Associates, Sarasota, FL, on behalf of Ed Crapo, as Property Appraiser of Alachua County, FL, Ervin Higgs, as Property Appraiser of Monroe County, FL, Ken Wilkinson, as Property Appraiser of Lee County, FL, and Timothy “Pete” Smith, as Property Appraiser of Okaloosa County, FL;  Robert A. Ginsburg, Miami-Dad County Attorney and Melinda S. Thornton, Assistant County Attorney, Miami, FL on behalf of Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser;  Larry E. Levy and Loren E. Levy, of the Levy Law Firm, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Property Appraisers' Association of Florida, Inc.;  Eddie Stephens of Christiansen and Jacknin, West Palm Beach, FL, on behalf of Gary R. Nikolits, Palm Beach County Property Appraiser;  and Gaylord A. Wood, Jr., B. Jordan Stuart and J. Christopher Woolsey of Wood and Stuart, P.A., New Smyrna Beach, Florida on behalf of Morgan Gilbreath, as Volusia County Property Appraiser, H.W. “Bill” Suber, as Seminole County Property Appraiser, Sharon Outland, as St. Johns County Property Appraiser and Alvin Mazourek, as Hernando County Property Appraiser, Amici Curiae for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Harry S. Raleigh, Jr. of Dobbins, Meeks, Raleigh and Dover, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Respondent., Arthur I. Jacobs and Lisa G. Satcher of Jacobs and Associates, P.A., Fernandina Beach, FL, on behalf of Stephen M. Klein, et al., Amicus Curiae for Respondent.