JOSHUA DAVID NICHOLAS
v.
RAYNELL HAGBERG

Fla. 4th DCA | 2026-08-12
No. 2026-0863
McNicholas, J., Gerber, J., Levine, J., Shepherd, J.
2026 FL 10289 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2026)

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Holding

A party waives the right to challenge a psychological evaluation by failing to timely object, and a supervised visitation order in a family law matter is affirmed on appeal.


Headnotes

[1] A party waives the right to challenge a psychological evaluation by acquiescing and failing to timely object to the evaluation.

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Key Quotes

“If a party seeks an improper remedy, the cause must be treated as if the proper remedy had been sought . . . .”

Court's explanation for treating the petition as a non-final appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.040(c)

Facts & Procedural History

Joshua David Nicholas appealed a nonfinal order from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit in Martin County in a family law case. The …

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Opinion of the Court

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FOURTH DISTRICT

JOSHUA DAVID NICHOLAS, Petitioner/Appellant,

v.

RAYNELL HAGBERG, Respondent/Appellee.

No. 4D2026-0863 [August 12, 2026]

Petition for writ of certiorari and appeal of nonfinal order from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Martin County; Michael Joseph McNicholas, Judge; L.T. Case No. 432025DR000684DRAXMX.

Joshua David Nicholas, Stuart, pro se.

No appearance for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We deny the petition for writ of certiorari as to the psychological evaluation because the issue was waived. See Klein v. Estate of Klein, 295 So. 3d 793, 803 (Fla. 4th DCA 2020) (finding waiver by acquiesce and failure to timely object). We treat the portion of the petition challenging supervised visitation as a non-final appeal pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(C)(iii) and affirm. See 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 . . . .").

Petition denied; affirmed.

GERBER, LEVINE and SHEPHERD, JJ., concur.

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