In the Interest of C.L.D. v. Beauchamp

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION

Petitioner has filed a petition for writ of prohibition seeking to preclude respondent from further proceedings in this cause. The petition alleges that respondent, sitting as an acting circuit court judge in the Juvenile Division of the Levy County Circuit Court, should be prohibited from exercising his jurisdiction in trying petitioner on a charge of indirect criminal contempt of court. This court, on determining that the petition stated a preliminary basis for relief, issued an order to show cause, thereby staying proceedings below.

On April 20, 1983, the…