MARION COUNTY v. GRUNNAH

No. 5D06-3700.

962 So.2d 931 (2007)

MARION COUNTY, Florida, et al., Appellants, v. Deborah Kay GRUNNAH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied August 29, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Wright, County Attorney, and Thomas D. MacNamara, Chief Assistant County Attorney, Ocala, for Appellant.

Rob McNeely of The McNeely Law Firm, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


TORPY, J.

This case involves a challenge by Appellee to a code board determination that her dogs are "dangerous," as defined by section 767.12, Florida Statutes (2006). The threshold question we must address relates to the jurisdiction of the county court to hear Appellee's challenge. The statute clearly specifies that the challenge be filed in the county court, but arguably is ambiguous as to whether the county court is required to hear the controversy de novo...

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