A Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal ruling spotlights the benchmark needed to prove that evidence meets the exception to hearsay, despite testimony from an attorney.

The issue arose in a case where a borrower denied responsibility for money she said her  spouse had borrowed. It involved litigation in which the appellate panel found the lower court erred in entering a reduced final judgment of foreclosure.

Eric J. Neuman of Neuman Law. Courtesy photo Eric J. Neuman of Neuman Law. Courtesy photo