See, e.g., Powers v. Gentile, 662 So.2d 374, 375 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995); Neder v. Greyhound Fin. Corp., 592 So.2d 1218, 1218 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992). The default may not be entered, however, until the defendant is served with notice of the application for default and afforded an opportunity to explain. See, e.g., Maranto v. Dearborn, 687 So.2d 940, 941 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997) (reversing default entered following failure to appear for trial where prior notice required by rule 1.500 not afforded defendant); Neder, 592 So.2d at 1218 (reversing default entered following failure to comply with court orders and appear for trial as default was entered in absence of notice and opportunity to be heard on whether conduct willful or in bad faith); Belcher v. Ferrara, 511 So.2d 1089, 1091 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987) (<HOLDING>). Any oral notice of the default given at the
holding that despite failure to appear for trial default could not be entered without notice to defendant holding that the district court should not have entered a default judgment against an intervenor based on the original partys failure to appear holding that the defendants oral promise to appear was insufficient to amount to a required appearance within the meaning of the failure to appear statute holding that dismissal for failure to appear at a deposition is on the merits holding that failure to appear is also a continuing offense