The Law Offices of Jennifer S Carroll, PA

07/06/2025

JOURNAL ENTRY 37.2025 Recorded on June 27, 2025 Jennifer Carroll discusses a disagreement over jurisdiction in a probate case. The Florida 4th District Court of Appeals held that Florida courts are not allowed to “transfer” a probate case to another state, as one child, who was not included in the will, sought to do.

Recorded on June 27, 2025Markes v. Markes, 2025 WL 1242092 (Fla. 4th DCA Apr. 30, 2025).This case involved a legal fight over where to handle the father’s es...

07/06/2025

JOURNAL ENTRY 36.2025 Recorded on June 27, 2025 Jennifer Carroll discusses a decision of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in which the court disagreed with a lower court ruling in a case in which a homeowner claimed her HOA broke federal civil rights laws by discriminating against her because of her race after she bought home. This concerned the Fair Housing Act and the Civil Rights Act.

FLORIDA APPEALS JOURNAL™ JOURNAL ENTRY 36.2025 Recorded on June 27, 2025Watts v. Joggers Run Prop. Owners Assoc., Inc., 133 F.4th 1032 (11th Cir. 2025).Plain...

09/26/2024

In this episode, Jennifer Carroll discusses the extent to which a discovery order might be challenged during an appeal and how a Petition for Certiorari might be used.

FLORIDA APPEALS JOURNAL™ JOURNAL ENTRY 35.2024Recorded on September 25, 2024 In this ...

03/08/2024

FLORIDA APPEALS JOURNAL™ JOURNAL ENTRY 33.2024 Recorded on ...

08/08/2023

APPEALS JOURNAL™JOURNAL ENTRY 30.2023Recorded on August ...

02/27/2022

Addressing errors and omissions at the trial level.

FLORIDA APPEALS JOURNAL™ JOURNAL ENTRY 25.2022 Recorded on January 22, 2022This is a fascinating tool for litigators. It is a remedy for a final order or a f...

05/24/2021

Another entry in our new Florida Appeals Journal podcast. Please listen and SUBSCRIBE, and share with anyone you think will find it useful.

Petitions to review orders granting or denying access to judicial proceedings and records are within the original jurisdiction of the appellate court. Like any other petition initiating an original proceeding under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.100, a petition for review of an order granting...

05/13/2021

Another in our series on The Extraordinary Writs. Enjoy this series on the podcast venue of your choice.

If you need to challenge the legality of a detention or restraint of a person or to obtain the person’s prompt release, a writ of habeas corpus may be the measure needed. Although a writ of habeas corpus is usually associated with criminal cases, it is actually an independent civil proceeding that...

05/11/2021

Another in our series about the Extraordinary Writs. SUBSCRIBE to our podcast to hear more from Florida Appeals Journal

A writ of quo warranto is a civil remedy employed to determine a person’s right to hold public office or challenge a public officer’s attempt to exercise some right or privilege that derives from the state. A writ of quo warranto is inappropriate when there is an adequate remedy available by sta...

05/10/2021

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Mandamus is used to enforce an established legal right by compelling a public officer or agency to perform a duty required by law. Writ of mandamus may also be used against an officer or director of a private corporation and a trustee common, guardian, or personal representative of an estate, as lon...

12/02/2020

A RECENT ENTRY ON FLORIDA APPEALS JOURNAL
A writ of quo warranto is a civil remedy employed to determine a person’s right to hold public office or challenge a public officer’s attempt to exercise some right or privilege that derives from the state. A writ of quo warranto is inappropriate when there is an adequate remedy available by statute

FLORIDA APPEALS JOURNAL™ JOURNAL ENTRY 12.2020 A writ of quo warranto is a civil remedy employed to determine a person’s right to hold public office or chall...