# SPENCER C. BLANTON v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA

> District Court of Appeal of Florida · September 6, 2023

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9838454

## Case

- **Court:** District Court of Appeal of Florida
- **Decided:** September 6, 2023
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that when ruling on a motion to quash substituted service, the trial court, acting as factfinder, did not abuse its discretion when presented with conflicting testimony as to where served party was “actually living” on the date of service

## Opinion text

Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida

Opinion filed September 6, 2023.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D22-1979
Lower Tribunal No. 19-199-K
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Spencer C. Blanton,
Appellant,

vs.

Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida,
Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Timothy J.
Koenig, Judge.

Robert Cintron, Jr., for appellant.

Cynthia L. Hall, Sr. Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Before LOGUE, C.J., and HENDON and GORDO, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See § 48.031, Fla. Stat. (2019); Robles-Martinez v. Diaz,

Reus & Targ, LLP, 88 So. 3d 177 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011) (holding that when

ruling on a motion to quash substituted service, the trial court, acting as
factfinder, did not abuse its discretion when presented with conflicting

testimony as to where served party was “actually living” on the date of

service); Williams v. Nuno, 239 So. 3d 153, 155 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018) (“[A] trial

court's factual determinations, including credibility determinations, are

ordinarily not disturbed on appeal.”).

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