Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1997

Shirley v. Shirley

Shirley v. Shirley
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided May 15, 1997 · Gross, Polen, Stevenson
693 So. 2d 699; 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 5408; 1997 WL 256475 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Shirley v. Shirley

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We grant the petition for writ of habeas corpus. The circuit court failed to follow the procedural requirements set out in Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.840 for indirect criminal contempt, or the procedural requirements for civil contempt found in Bowen v. Bowen, 471 So.2d 1274 (Fla. 1985); Stephenson v. Harden, 682 So.2d 1198 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996); and In re Getty, 427 So.2d 380, 382 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983). We quash the contempt order without prejudice to the circuit court renewing the contempt proceedings, following the appropriate procedures.

PETITION GRANTED.

POLEN, STEVENSON and GROSS, JJ., concur.

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