BILBREY, J.
These consolidated appeals are before us concerning an order from the trial court which denied a claim of exemption from garnishment sought by Appellant, George Hart, and the final judgment of garnishment entered following the denial of the claim of exemption. While we agree with Appellants that the final judgment must be reversed because the trial court was without jurisdiction to enter it, we do not agree that the trial court erred in denying a claim of exemption from garnishment.
In May 2005, Mr. Hart and Mrs. Hart, as well as several others, became guarantors of a loan. The Guaranty initially executed by Mr. Hart and other borrowers provided in pertinent part:
The Guaranty was ratified by Mr. Hart in May 2006 and again acknowledged by him in September 2007. Subsequently the loan went into default, and the lender, Appellee, later filed suit to collect on the personal guarantees. A final judgment in the amount of $10,031,220.25 was entered in October 2012 against the guarantors including the Appellants. The Appellee thereafter sought a continuing writ of garnishment of Mr. Hart's wages with his employer Sbemco International, Inc. Mr. Hart, through counsel, timely filed a claim of exemption alleging he was the head of a family and therefore was exempt from garnishment pursuant to section 222.11, Florida Statutes. A hearing was conducted before the trial court, and on March 21, 2014, the trial court entered the order denying Mr. Hart's claim of exemption and denying his request to dissolve the writ of garnishment. A timely appeal was taken of that order.
On May 14, 2014, this Court relinquished jurisdiction to the trial court "for the purpose of considering the appellants' motion for reconsideration of the order denying George Hart's claim of exemption from garnishment." By a subsequent order this Court extended the relinquishment of jurisdiction until July 14, 2014, for the same limited purpose. On June 16, 2014, the trial court entered the final judgment of garnishment and also denied the motion for reconsideration.
The standard of review for an issue of statutory interpretation is de novo. State v. Burris, 875 So.2d 408 (Fla.2004). Section 222.11, Florida Statutes (2005), provides in pertinent part:
(Bold added).
Appellants argue that the waiver language in the Guaranty is ambiguous. This argument is barred by the 2012 judgment in which it was stated, "[g]uarantors, through their banking expert Scott Gaby,
Appellants also contend that the waiver in the Guaranty is not an agreement by Mr. Hart to garnishment as required by statute. We hold that Mr. Hart "agreed otherwise in writing" to garnishment as required by section 222.11, when he signed the Guaranty with the waiver language.
Williams v. Espirito Santo Bank, 656 So.2d 212 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995), does not compel a different result. In that case, the court briefly described section 222.11(2)(b), Florida Statutes (1993), as providing "that the head of a family is exempt from garnishment of disposable earnings, unless a written agreement allowing garnishment is executed." Id. at 213. The Williams court was simply paraphrasing the statute and was not holding, as a matter of law, that a written waiver must specifically consent to garnishment.
Based on the above, the order denying Mr. Hart's claim of exemption from garnishment as head of household is AFFIRMED. The final judgment of garnishment is REVERSED and REMANDED for the trial court to enter a final judgment consistent with the affirmance of the trial court's denial of Mr. Hart's claim of exemption.
AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED.
PADOVANO and WETHERELL, JJ., concur.