Shields v. Flinn

How courts have described this case

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• holding that rule 1.540 “provides for the review of final judgments, orders, and decrees only.”
• holding that, because Shields did not receive notice of the trial, the judgment was void, and thus, the trial court erred by denying Shield’s motion to vacate the dismissal, which was filed approximately two years after the entry of the judgment under rule 1.540(b)(4)
• review of order denying relief does not include merits of final decree sought to be vacated or any other order or judgment
• relief from void judgment may be granted at any time
• “A judgment entered without notice to a party is void.”
• relief from void judgment may be granted at any time

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).