Robinson v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “Pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(f), a nonfinal appeal does not act as an automatic stay of proceedings in the trial court, but it divests the trial court of the power to “render a final order disposing of the cause pending such review.” Thus, the trial court in this case could conduct a final hearing in the dissolution and even enter an order containing findings and determinations from that hearing, but it could not enter a final judgment while the nonfinal appeal was pending unless this court expressly authorized it to do so.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cooper v. Cooper