Mandy G. Leigh v. Jennifer Leigh
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledOctober 28, 2026
Docket4D2025-3807
StatusPublished
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT
MANDY G. LEIGH,
Appellant,
v.
JENNIFER LEIGH, GEORIN LEIGH, Guardianship of SILVIA LEIGH,
and ROBERT LEIGH,
Appellees.
No. 4D2025-3807
[October 28, 2026]
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm
Beach County; Charles E. Burton, Judge; L.T. Case No.
502025GA000574XXXASB.
Mandy G. Leigh, Larkspur, California, pro se.
Laura Bourne Burkhalter of Laura Bourne Burkhalter, PA, Fort
Lauderdale, for appellee Silvia Leigh.
Nancy W. Gregoire Stamper of Birnbaum, Lippman & Gregoire, PLLC,
Fort Lauderdale, and Debra J. Slater of Slater & Small, PLLC, Coral
Springs, for appellee Robert Leigh.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Grommers v. Pla, 365 So. 3d 1188, 1189 (Fla. 3d DCA
2023) (“A voluntary dismissal operates, with the exception of certain
limitations not applicable here, to terminate the trial court’s jurisdiction
over the matter.”); Gort v. Gort, 185 So. 3d 607, 612 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016)
(“[O]ur guardianship and probate rules do not prohibit a party from
voluntarily dismissing a petition to determine incapacity, and section
744.311 does not mandate an adjudicatory hearing[.]”).
CIKLIN, LOTT, JJ., and CARBUCCIA, ALEXANDRA, Associate Judge, concur.
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Not final until disposition of timely-filed motion for rehearing.