Ennis v. Ennis

In this dissolution proceeding the petitioner, Mary Griffin Ennis (“Wife”), seeks a writ of prohibition, arguing that the trial judge should have granted her motion for disqualification. We conclude that the trial court erred in not granting the motion.

The facts of this case are based on a verified motion of the Wife for disqualification of the trial judge, the allegations of which we take as true for the purposes of considering this petition. See Peterson v. Asklipious, 838 So.2d 262 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002); Lamendola v. Grossman, 439 So.2d 960 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983). The motion reflects that based…