Wade v. Wade

Petitioner S.L. Wade (“the Mother”) seeks the issuance of a writ of prohibition following an order denying, as legally insufficient, an initial motion for disqualification of the trial judge. The standard of review of a trial court’s determination on a motion to disqualify is de novo. MacKenzie v. Super Kids Bargain Store, Inc., 565 So.2d 1332 (Fla.1990).

Having reviewed the petition and the response thereto, we conclude that the facts alleged in the motion to disqualify, which must be taken as true,1 “would create in a reasonably prudent person a well-founded fear of not receiving a fair and…