May Appeals Court Apply 'De Novo' Standard In Reviewing Parts Of Declaratory Judgment Action?

If Appeal Challenges Rulings Other Than Whether Declaratory Relief Available

4th District Court of Appeals (Highland County)

ISSUE: In reviewing a trial court's decision in a declaratory judgment action, must a court of appeals apply an "abuse of discretion" standard in considering all issues ruled on by the trial court, or may the appellate court conduct a non-deferential "de novo" review of purely legal issues decided by the trial court after it determined that the complaint presented a question that was justiciable under the Declaratory Judgment Act?