SHIRLEY v. SHIRLEY

No. 97-1587

693 So.2d 699 (1997)

Joseph Michael SHIRLEY, Petitioner, v. Elyse SHIRLEY and Ron Cochran as Sheriff of Broward County, Florida, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 15, 1997


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Stien of The Law Firm of Andrew J. Stien, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Nancy D. Pelosi of Kopelowitz, Saavedra & Pelosi, Fort Lauderdale, for Respondent Elyse Shirley.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and David M. Schultz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for Respondent Ron Cochran as Sheriff of Broward County.


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...

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