Goodwin v. Whitley

Claude Goodwin appeals an order of the circuit court denying his motion to dissolve an injunction against repeat violence. Because the lower court did not give Mr. Goodwin an opportunity to be heard on his motion, we reverse.

Section 784.06(11), Florida Statutes (2007), provides that a party to an injunction may file a motion to modify or dissolve an injunction at any time. Mr. Goodwin filed his motion in 2011, alleging in part that he had never violated, or been accused of violating, the injunction entered in 2007, and he posed no danger to appellee Grace Whitley. He said he is an avid gun…