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PETER HERMAN v. SCOTT DALE SMILEY LORI LEIGH SMILEY (2024)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.2024-03-06No. No. 4D2023-1073

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Opinion

We affirm without discussion the circuit courts final order denying the appellants motion to intervene in the appellees’ dissolution action. We dismiss for lack of jurisdiction the appellants appeal from the circuit courts nonfinal order denying the appellants motion to review and deny appellee Scott Smileys confidentiality designations under Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.420 in the dissolution action.

The review of orders regarding access to judicial records under rule 2.420 is by way of a petition under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.100(d)(1). See Fla. R. App. P. 9.100(d)(1) (“A petition to review an order excluding the ․ public from ․ any records of the judicial branch, must be filed in the court as soon as practicable following rendition of the order to be reviewed ․ no later than 30 days after rendition of the order.”). Even if we were to redesignate the appellants notice of appeal as a rule 9.100(d)(1) petition, such a petition would have been untimely, because the appellants motion for rehearing directed to the circuit court did not toll the time by which to file the petition. Cf. McGee v. McGee, 487 So. 2d 412, 413 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986) (motion for rehearing is not authorized to be taken from interlocutory or nonfinal order, and therefore does not delay the time of filing for a petition for writ of certiorari).

Affirmed in part, dismissed in part.

Gerber, J.

Damoorgian and Ciklin, JJ., concur.