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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D20-270 _____________________________ HMC ASSETS, LLC, solely in its capacity as separate trustee of Cam X Trust, Appellant, v. ROLAND GRAYBILL, JR., Appellee. _____________________________ On appeal from the Circuit Court for Calhoun County. Kevin Grover, Judge. December 28, 2020 PER CURIAM. HMC Assets, LLC, appeals an order vacating the default final judgment entered in its favor against Appellee Graybill. We conclude the trial court erred in granting Graybill’s motion to set aside the default judgment without providing HMC Assets, LLC, any opportunity to be heard in response to the motion. See Bayview Loan Serv., LLC v. Dzidzovic, 249 So. 3d 1265, 1267–68 (Fla. 2d DCA 2018) (reversing where opposing party was not afforded an opportunity to be heard in response to a motion to vacate the final judgment and reiterating the principle that “‘[d]ue process mandates that in any judicial proceeding, the litigants must be afforded the basic elements of notice and opportunity to be heard’” (quoting E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. v. Lambert, 654 So. 2d 226, 228 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995))). We reverse the trial court’s order and remand for further proceedings. REVERSED and REMANDED. ROWE, WINOKUR, and NORDBY, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________ Ashland R. Medley, Ashland Medley Law, PLLC, Coral Springs, for Appellant. James Heath, Heath Law Firm, P.A., Destin, for Appellee. 2