Maribel Montes v. Synchrony Bank
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledNovember 6, 2026
Docket6D2025-3257
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 6D2025-3257
Lower Tribunal No. 2025-SC-005491-SP
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MARIBEL MONTES,
Appellant,
v.
SYNCHRONY BANK,
Appellee.
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Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.130 from the County Court for Osceola County.
Celia Thacker Dorn, Judge.
November 6, 2026
PER CURIAM.
Maribel Montes appeals a non-final order denying her motion to enforce the
trial court’s order compelling arbitration. We lack jurisdiction to consider this
appeal because the non-final order being appealed involves the denial of a request
to enforce a prior order, not an order determining entitlement to arbitration. Fla. R.
App. P. 9.130(a)(3)(I) (permitting review of non-final orders which “determine the
entitlement of a party to arbitration . . . ”); see Cohen v. D.R. Horton, Inc., 121 So.
3d 1121, 1123 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013) (concluding it lacked jurisdiction to consider
appeal of non-final order seeking relief from prior order compelling arbitration
because it did not involve entitlement to arbitration); Henderson v. Tandem Health
Care of Jacksonville, Inc., 898 So. 2d 1191, 1192 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005) (concluding
rendition of new order requiring rescheduling and active participation in arbitration
was not appealable as order determining entitlement to arbitration, which had been
determined in earlier order that was not appealed).
DISMISSED.
NARDELLA, SMITH and MIZE, JJ., concur.
Maribel Montes, St. Cloud, pro se.
No Appearance for Appellee.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING
AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED
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