DOUGLASS MILLER O/B/O C. M.
v.
ANGELA MILLER

Fla. 6th DCA | 2026-04-24
No. 2025-2649
Spoto, J., Stargel, J., Nardella, J., White, J.
2026 FL 4808 Florida District Court of Appeal, Sixth District (2026)

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Holding

The trial court's denial of a petition for an injunction for protection against domestic violence is affirmed where the appellate record does not permit resolution of underlying factual issues.


Headnotes

[1] An appellate court cannot conclude that a trial court's judgment is unsupported by evidence without a complete record of the trial proceedings establishing the factual ba…

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“Without a record of the trial proceedings, the appellate court can not properly resolve the underlying factual issues so as to conclude that the trial court's judgment is not supported by the evidence or by an alternative theory.”

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Facts & Procedural History

Douglass Miller, on behalf of C.M., petitioned for an injunction for protection against domestic violence against Angela Miller. The trial court denie…

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Opinion of the Court

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

Case No. 6D2025-2649 Lower Tribunal No. 2025-DR-008437

DOUGLASS MILLER o/b/o C.M., PETITIONER,

V.

ANGELA MILLER,

RESPONDENT.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Polk County. Keith P. Spoto, Judge.

April 24, 2026

PER CURIAM.

Douglass Miller petitions the Court for a writ of certiorari quashing the trial court's order denying his petition for an injunction for protection against domestic violence. We treat his petition as an interlocutory appeal pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(B). Fla. R. App. P. 9.040(c) (“If a party seeks an improper remedy, the cause must be treated as if the proper remedy had been sought[.]"). We affirm. See Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So. 2d

1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979) (“Without a record of the trial proceedings, the appellate court can not properly resolve the underlying factual issues so as to conclude that the trial court's judgment is not supported by the evidence or by an alternative theory.").

AFFIRMED.

STARGEL, NARDELLA and WHITE, JJ., concur.

Douglass Miller, Lakeland, pro se.

Angela Miller, Frostproof, pro se.


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