IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FOR THE SECOND DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO: 2D11-2961 WELLS FARGO BANK, N, A., TRUSTEE, Appellant, ARTHUR TOBOADA, J P MORGAN CHASE BANK, ET AL. Appellee. ON APPEAL FROM THE 6™ JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR PINELLAS COUNTY CASE NO: 2010-000148-CI INITIAL BRIEF OF APPELLANT SHAPIRO, FISHMAN & GACHE, LLP Barbara A, Couture FL Bar# 0682535 4630 Woodland Corporate Blvd. Suite 100 Tampa, FL 33614 Telephone: 813-880-8888 Fax: 813-880-8800 Attorneys for AppellantTABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES. ii CASES... STATUTES. RULES... STATEMENT OF CASE AND FACTS. STANDARD OF REVIEW... SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT. ARGUMENT. ISSUE ONE: WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED BY DISMISSING APPELLANT’S AMENDED MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE COMPLAINT WHICH INCLUDED THE SPECIFIC VERIFICATION LANGUAGE REQUIRED BY FLA.R.CIV.P. 1.110(b)? ISSUE TWO: WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN DENYING THE APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO AMEND ITS COMPLAINT, WHICH WAS FILED AND SET FOR HEARING DURING THE ORIGINAL TIME ALLOTTED BY THE COURT IN ITS ORDER OF DISMISSAL?... Epa area ee CONCLUSION... CERTIFICATE OF FONT COMPLIANCE. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE... Page iTABLE OF AUTHORITIES CASES Amendments to the Fla. Rules of Civ. Procedure, 44 So. 3d $55, (Fla. 2010) Boudot v. Boudot, 925 So. 2d 409 (Fla. Sth DCA 2006). Carson v. Miller, 370 So. 2d 10 (Fla. 1979... Fla. Dept. of Revenue v. Fla. Mun. Power Agency, 789 So. 2d 320 (Fla. 2001)... Gervais v. City of Melbourne, 890 So. 2d 412 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004 Meadows Cmty. Ass’n., Inc. v. Russell-Tutty, 928 So. 2d 1276 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2006) Reino v. State, 352 So. 2d 853 (Fla, 1977) Rowe v. State, 394, So. 2d 1059 (Fla. Ist DCA 1981) Syndicate Properties, Inc. v, Hotel Floridian Co., 94 So. 899 (Fla. 1927) STATUTES Chapter 673, Florida Statutes Fla, Stat. § 92.595. Fla. Stat. §92.525(2).. RULES Fla. R. Civ.P 1.090(b)..... FlaR.Civ. 1.110(b).... FlaR.AppP 9.210(a)(2). Page ii