John Richards v. Ashley Dale Crowder

John Richards appeals a trial court order denying his motion for relief from judgment filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540. This court has jurisdiction. Fla. R.App. P. 9.130(a)(5). We reverse and remand for the reasons below.

This cause arose from a petition for injunction for protection against stalking that appellee Ashley Crowder filed against Richards, her former boyfriend. The trial court entered a temporary injunction and set for evidentiary hearing the matter of whether a final injunction should be imposed. Richards did not appear at the hearing but Crowder did. The…