Wolfson v. Wolfson
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Per curiam
Candice Wolfson petitions this Court for a writ of prohibition to prevent the trial judge from presiding over the parties’ post-dissolution proceeding after the trial court denied her verified motion to disqualify. We find that the motion for disqualification was legally sufficient as the trial judge’s comments indicate that she had prejudged the case. See Barnett v. Barnett, 727 So.2d 311, 312 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999) (“While it is well-settled that a judge may form mental impressions and opinions during the course of hearing evidence, he or she may not prejudge the case.”). As such, we conclude…
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