Stanford v. Stanford

940 So.2d 605 (2006)

Joseph STANFORD, Appellant,

v.

Miriam STANFORD, Appellee.

No. 4D06-96.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 1, 2006.

Richard G. Bartmon of the Law Offices of Bartmon & Bartmon, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellant.

Jan Peter Weiss, Lake Worth, for appellee.

FARMER, J.

In a pretrial order allowing husband's lawyer to withdraw, the court gave husband 60 days to obtain new counsel. Exactly 28 days after that order, and within the 60-day period allowed for the appearance of new counsel, the trial judge inexplicably proceeded to try the case in the absence of the…