Lippens v. Powers

Debra Lippens appeals the trial court’s injunction for' protection against stalking, barring her from seeing her daughter. We find that the trial court erred in granting the injunction because the evidence presented does not meet the legal requirement to support an injunction pursuant to section 784.048(2), Florida Statutes (2014). Accordingly, we reverse.

Lippens and Cheryl Powers, both currently residents of Florida, entered into a civil union in Vermont in 2002. Powers became pregnant through alternative reproductive technology, and the couple had a child, A.M.P-L. (“Daughter”). The couple…