Steven Sanzaro v. Katherine Grace Crowe

Summary

The Sixth District Court of Appeal of Florida affirmed a final judgment of injunction for protection against stalking and rejected three appellate challenges. The court specifically held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying the indigent, nonresident appellant’s request to appear telephonically at the final evidentiary hearing; an associate judge concurred in part and dissented in part on that issue.

Holdings

1. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Sanzaro's request to appear telephonically at the final evidentiary hearing because the record did not show that the ruling was arbitrary, fanciful, unreasonable, or one that no reasonable judge could have made.
2. The court affirmed the trial court's ruling as to all three issues raised by Sanzaro.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the trial court abused its discretion by denying Sanzaro's request to appear telephonically at the final evidentiary hearing on Crowe's petition for an injunction for protection against stalking.
2. Whether the trial court otherwise erred on the two additional issues raised by Sanzaro on appeal.

Disposition

affirmed