SOSA v. PORTILLA

No. 3D20-475.

306 So.3d 979 (2020)

Ernesto SOSA, Appellant, v. Ines PORTILLA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed July 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Rose (Hollywood), for appellant.

De La Peña Group, P.A., and Leoncio E. De La Peña D. , for appellee.

Before LOGUE, LINDSEY, and HENDON, JJ.


Ernesto Sosa appeals the trial court's order denying his Motion to Release his U.S. and Venezuelan Passports. Because we agree with Sosa that his passports were withheld as part of a civil contempt order, and the civil contempt order failed to include a purge provision, we reverse.

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