MEGHAN NICHOLE FROMME
v.
MATTHEW CODY JOHNSON

Fla. 5th DCA | 2026-06-05
No. 2025-2660
Roberson, J., Lambert, J., Edwards, J., Harris, J.
2026 FL 6854 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2026)

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Holding

Section 784.048(2), Florida Statutes, does not require a petitioner to prove that a respondent has repeatedly stalked them, only that the respondent has followed, harassed, or cyberstalked them repeatedly.


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[1] Under section 784.048(2), Florida Statutes, a petitioner seeking a stalking injunction need not prove that a respondent has repeatedly stalked them as a multiple offense,…

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“section 784.048(2), Florida Statutes, does not require that a petitioner prove that a respondent has "repeatedly stalked them, just that the respondent has followed, harassed, or cyberstalked them "repeatedly" because nowhere in the statutory definition "is stalking defined as a multiple of itself"”

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Meghan Nichole Fromme appealed a circuit court decision in a stalking case against Matthew Cody Johnson. The case involved allegations of stalking con…

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Opinion of the Court

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

Case No. 5D2025-2660 LT Case No. 16-2025-DR-000763-A

MEGHAN NICHOLE FROMME, Appellant,

v.

MATTHEW CODY JOHNSON, Appellee.

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. Eric Roberson, Judge.

Meghan Nichole Fromme, Goliad, TX, pro se.

No Appearance for Appellee.

June 5, 2026

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Klein v. Manville, 363 So. 3d 1163, 1169 (Fla. 6th DCA 2023) (observing that section 784.048(2), Florida Statutes, does not require that a petitioner prove that a respondent has "repeatedly stalked them, just that the respondent has followed, harassed, or cyberstalked them “repeatedly" because nowhere in the statutory definition “is stalking defined as a multiple of itself" (quoting Pickett v. Copeland, 236 So. 3d 1142, 1145 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018))).

LAMBERT, EDWARDS, and HARRIS, JJ., concur.


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