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GALE v. BLAKE

Nos. 99-809, 99-808.

745 So.2d 518 (1999)

Michael P. GALE, Appellant, v. Dean BLAKE, Appellee. Dean Blake, Appellant, v. Amelia Diane Blake, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin A. Feigenbaum, Miami, for Michael Gale and Amelia Blake.

Dean Blake, in proper person.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and GREEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

In case number 99-809, we reverse the order under review insofar as it grants Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540 relief by vacating previous awards of attorney's fees in a domestic action. In our judgment, the rule was improperly employed as a substitute for a timely appeal to correct a mistaken view of the law, which, without any affirmative impropriety by anyone, was shared by both parties and the court. Curbelo v. Ullman,

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