GLEB BORISOVICH RYBKIN
v.
ARINA KIRILINA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2024-04-09
No. 2023-2666
2024 FL 3942 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2024)

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Synopsis

In this family law appeal, the former husband challenges a trial court's order adopting the general magistrate's recommendation granting civil contempt enforcement and denying his motion to disqualify the judge. The appellate court affirms because the appellant failed to provide hearing transcripts necessary for appellate review.


Holding

The court affirms the trial court's orders because the appellant failed to provide hearing transcripts on appeal, preventing meaningful appellate review of the factual findings. A petition for writ of prohibition is the proper procedure for reviewing the order denying the disqualification motion, and the petition is denied.


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“Because a petition for writ of prohibition is the proper procedure for appellate review of an order denying a motion to disqualify, we treat that portion of the appeal as such.”

Establishes the proper procedural mechanism for challenging orders denying disqualification motions on appeal.

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Facts & Procedural History

The trial court adopted a general magistrate's recommended order granting the former wife's motion for civil contempt/enforcement against the former h…

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Opinion of the Court

HARRIS, J.

Gleb Borisovich Rybkin (“Former Husband”) appeals the trial court’s August 4, 2023 order adopting the general magistrate’s recommended order granting Arina Kirilina’s (“Former Wife”) motion for civil contempt/enforcement and the trial court’s August 9, 2023 order denying his motion for disqualification. Because a petition for writ of prohibition is the proper procedure for appellate review of an order denying a motion to disqualify, we treat that portion of the appeal as such. See Rainey v. Rainey, 702 So. 2d 306 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997).

Former Husband challenges the factual findings made by the general magistrate and adopted by the trial court and the court’s subsequent denial of his motion for disqualification. However, the record on appeal contains no transcripts from the hearings, preventing this court from reviewing the evidence presented below to determine whether the factual findings were sufficiently supported. See Duke v. Duke, 211 So. 3d 1078, 1080 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017) (citing Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So. 2d 1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979)).

Because Former Husband has failed to demonstrate any error below, we affirm the order on appeal and deny the petition for writ of prohibition.

AFFIRMED; PETITION DENIED.

JAY and PRATT, JJ., concur. _____________________________


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