Tacoya McIntosh, Etc. v. U.S. Bank National Association, Etc.
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledNovember 5, 2026
Docket3D2025-1475
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed November 5, 2026.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D25-1475
Lower Tribunal No.18-CA-471-K
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Tacoya McIntosh, etc.,
Appellant,
vs.
U.S. Bank National Association, etc.,
Appellee.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Bonnie J. Helms,
Judge.
Garcia Law Firm, Trial Attorneys, and Manuel E. Garcia, for appellant.
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, and Dorrella L. Gallaway (Atlanta, GA),
for appellee.
Before FERNANDEZ, LINDSEY and BOKOR, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Wittock v. Ramponi, 446 So. 2d 271, 271 (Fla. 4th DCA
1984) (โThe law is clear that the creation of a joint tenancy with a right of
survivorship can be terminated by the conveyance of an interest of any joint
tenant to a stranger.โ); see also Andresix Corp. v. Peoples Downtown Natโl
Bank, 419 So. 2d 1107, 1107 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982) (โ[A] purchaser of property
which was then the subject of a [pending] mortgage foreclosure action and
accompanying lis pendens by Peoples Downtown National Bank, was not
entitled to intervene in such action.โ).
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