Carlton Place Condominium Association, Inc. v. Mary Beth Villani

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT

CARLTON PLACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.,
Appellant,

Vv.

MARY BETH VILLANI,
Appellee.

No. 4D2024-1114
[November 12, 2025]

Appeal from the County Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm
Beach County; Edward A. Garrison, Judge; L.T. Case No. 50-2022-CC-
010346-XXXX-MB.

Lissette Gonzalez of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Joshua A. Payne and William H. Pincus of Pincus & Currier LLP, West
Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Amended Declaration of Condominium of Carlton Place,
A Condominium (2006) § 17.4 (“In any proceeding arising because of an
alleged ...act...or violation by the Unit Owner or Association . . . the
Association [] shall be entitled to recover the costs of the proceeding,
including reasonable attorneys’ fees.”); § 57.105(7), Fla. Stat. (2022) (“Ifa
contract contains a provision allowing attorney’s fees to a party when he
or she is required to take any action to enforce the contract, the court may
also allow reasonable attorney’s fees to the other party when that party
prevails in any action, whether as plaintiff or defendant, with respect to
the contract.”).

CIKLIN, LEVINE and FOoRST, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of timely-filed motion for rehearing.