Legal Opinion

Strong v. Ochs

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 29, 2009No. 2D09-1020Published

1Opinion of the Court

WHATLEY, Judge.

Jill Strong seeks a •writ of prohibition to prevent a county judge from presiding over her family law case and a writ of mandamus to compel someone other than the chief judge or the presiding circuit court judge to reassign her case to a different division in the circuit court. We dismiss the petition for writ of prohibition for lack of jurisdiction. We dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus as there is no authority for mandamus relief in the manner sought by Strong.

Both petitions arise from the reassignment of a family law case filed in Division H of the Circuit Court for…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Wild v. DozierSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
  2. 1-888-Traffic Schools v. Chief Cir. JudgeSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  3. State Ex Rel. Treadwell v. HallSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  4. Physicians Healthcare Plans, Inc. v. PfeiflerSupreme Court of Florida · 2003
  5. Hatcher v. DavisDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001

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