You can have issues with the tax consequences of dividing the asset, the homes, the property," he said.įrink went to Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School and Hoover Middle before attending Mel-Hi, and he worked at Fazoli's and Albertsons in Melbourne. "So for instance, if the married couple developed a business together, how is the business going to be divided between the husband and wife? When you're dealing with large companies, large businesses, a lot of money's at stake. But also with respect to the assets between two parties, between the husband and wife - there can be some serious, complex issues with that," Frink said. "There's issues with where the child will live: It's called a two-parenting plan, or time-sharing plan. And that's one of the things that I find enjoyable and challenging with this area," he said.ĭuring his early days on the bench, Frink said he's been struck by the variety of intricacies that come into play in family law cases, particularly divorces. Not only emotional complexities, but also the legal complexities. "It's an area that's kind of hidden from many people, in terms of the complexities that can become involved in these types of cases. Friday at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale.įrink presides over dissolution of marriages, child custody and support, adoptions, paternity lawsuits and other domestic cases. His investiture - or formal robing ceremony - takes place at 1 p.m. 19, and he is now a family court judge handling cases in Broward, Florida's second-most populous county. The 41-year-old Melbourne native was sworn in Dec. He said nothing but great things and encouraged me, said I'll do a great job. I was very, very pleased to get that phone call," he said. Very pleasantly surprising. He was very nice and very gracious. And I'm going to appoint you to be a judge there,'" Frink recalled. Rick Scott, and I'm calling to let you know I'm going to appoint you to the 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward County. "He identified himself and said, 'This is Gov. “Now, as an assignee, you’re basically a second-class citizen,” Hernandez told Daily Business Review.Shortly after Election Day, Keathan Frink was busy preparing a motion in a wrongful death case in his Plantation law office when his cell phone rang - and the 1993 Melbourne High graduate received a sudden career-changing promotion. But he did say allegations over the plaintiff’s meeting contractual obligations could be subject for a future summary judgment decision.Ĭitron and Hernandez said the insured and assignee – in this case KDH and the condo association – have different rights under the new law despite being parties to one contract, which they allege violates the state’s equal-protection clauses in its Constitution He denied the dismissal motion and the request to reject attorney fees. They’re basically saying they want $916,000 dollars prospectively for all the repairs they think they believe the property’s going to need for damages that they contend are related to Hurricane Irma,” Espino told Daily Business Review.įrink disagreed during the hearing held via Zoom, Daily Business Review reported. “They are not coming to United and asking for benefits for services already rendered, for tasks that have been completed, for consumables that have been consumed. United Property & Casualty’s attorney Otto Espino of Kelley Kronenburg in Miami asked for dismissal on grounds that the plaintiff allegedly hadn’t let the carrier examine the claims under oath, Daily Business Review reported. But Florida’s new AOB law went into effect July 1, 2019. The condo association made an AOB transfer to KDH in August 2018. MAC Legal’s Michael Citron and Igor Hernandez brought a case for plaintiff KDH Architecture in November 2019, which alleged $916,000 in repairs caused by Hurricane Irma to Sun Vista Gardens Condominium Association in Tamarac were wrongly denied by the defendant. Broward Circuit Judge Keathan Frink refused to rule on the constitutionality of the new law that blocks payment of attorney fees to third parties.įlorida's new assignment of benefits law doesn't apply to a contractor's lawsuit against an insurer since the assignment of benefits (AOB) happened before the statute was enacted, Daily Business Review reported.
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