Suarez v. Orta

In Suarez v. Orta, the trial court adopted a report and recommendations by a general magistrate over timely-filed objections. This was error. Apparently the trial court did not treat the objections as Exceptions, focusing on the title of the document rather than its substance. Pleadings by pro se litigants should only be defined by their function. Florida courts emphasize substance over form. If a motion is improperly titled, the Court should focus on the substance of the motion, not its title. The true nature of a motion must be determined by its content and not by the label the moving party has used to describe it.

Suarez v Orta