Mary J. Gordon-Durant v. Delandras R. Durant

FIFTH D ISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
S TATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 5D2024-2439
L.T. Case No. 2023-DR-000592
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M ARY J. GORDON -D URANT ,
Appellant,
v.
DELANDRAS R. DURANT ,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Lake County,
Dan F. Briggs, Judge.
Kene H. Anusionwu, Windermere, for Appellant.
Scott A. Livingston, Livingston Litigation, PLLC, Winter Springs,
for Appellee.
November 18, 2025
PER C URIAM.
A FFIRMED. See Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377
So. 	2d 	1150, 	1152 	(Fla. 	1979) 	(“In 	appellate 	proceedings 	the
decision of a trial court has the presumption of correctness and the
burden is on the appellant to demonstrate error. . . . Without a
record of the trial proceedings, the appellate court can not properly
resolve the underlying factual issues so as to conclude that the trial
court’s 	judgment 	is 	not 	supported 	by 	the 	evidence 	or 	by 	an
alternative theory.”); Fortune v. Pantin, 851 So. 2d 274, 275 (Fla.

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5th DCA 2003) (explaining that appellate review in the absence of
a trial transcript is “limited to errors of law that are apparent on
the face of the judgment”).
JAY , C.J., and H ARRIS and MAC I VER , JJ., concur.
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Not 	final 	until 	disposition 	of 	any 	timely 	and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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