Wright v. Wright

Erika Schwarz Wright ("Wife") petitions for a writ of prohibition to preclude the assigned trial judge from further presiding over the dissolution of marriage litigation now pending against her husband, John R. Wright ("Husband"). The trial judge denied Wife's motion for disqualification, finding it to be legally insufficient. We grant the petition.1

Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.330, titled "Disqualification of Trial Judges," provides, in pertinent part, that any party may move to disqualify the trial judge assigned to the case by filing a sworn written motion, specifically…