Tatyana Ussin, Appellant, v. Zoe Wood, Appellee. (2025)

Appellant timely appeals the final judgment of injunction for protection against stalking entered against her and in favor of Appellee after an evidentiary hearing. Appellant challenges both the sufficiency of the evidence for the final judgment and the denial of her motion to disqualify the trial judge.¹ We agree, without further elaboration, that Appellant's motion for disqualification should have been granted; resultingly, we need not and therefore decline to reach the merits of her other argument. See Rosenwater v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Tr. Co. for Soundview Home Loan Tr. 2007-NS1 Asset-backed Certificates, Series 2007-NS1, 220 So. 3d 1204, 1204–05 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017) (explaining that because the panel agreed with the appellant about the disqualification of the trial judge, the appellant's separate argument about the sufficiency of the evidence for the appealed order of contempt was rendered moot).

Accordingly, we reverse the final judgment and the order denying the motion for disqualification and remand for a new hearing in front of a different judge.

Reversed and Remanded with instructions.

FOOTNOTES

1.   Appellant titled the motion as “Motion to Recuse the Judge.”

Per Curiam.

Jay, C.J., and Makar and Lambert, JJ., concur.