Zanghi v. State

In an indirect criminal contempt case arising from a marital dissolution case, the husband seeks a writ of prohibition following the denial of his verified motion to disqualify the circuit judge. The circuit judge denied the motion, finding that the motion was untimely and legally insufficient. We grant the petition and remand for the clerk to reassign the indirect criminal contempt case to another circuit judge.

The motion was both timely and legally sufficient. “A motion to disqualify shall be filed within a reasonable time not to exceed 10 days after discovery of the facts constituting the…