CALEFFE v. VITALE

No. 4-86-0251.

488 So.2d 627 (1986)

Robert A. CALEFFE, Petitioner, v. Judge Linda L. VITALE, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berryhill, Avery, Williams & Sasadu, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and Edna L. Caruso of Edna L. Caruso, P.A., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joseph Lewis, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.


ANSTEAD, Judge.

Petitioner Robert Caleffe seeks to disqualify the respondent trial judge from presiding over post-dissolution proceedings between Caleffe and his ex-wife, because the wife's lawyer co-chairs the judge's ongoing campaign for reelection. We grant the petition.

A petition for writ of prohibition is the appropriate vehicle to test the validity of the denial of a motion for disqualification. Gieseke...

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