Case Name: M.R., Appellant, v. K.W., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2011-07-27
Citations: 65 So. 3d 643
Docket Number: No. 2D10-3493
Parties: M.R., Appellant, v. K.W., Appellee.
Judges: CRENSHAW and MORRIS, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 65
Pages: 643–644

Head Matter:
M.R., Appellant, v. K.W., Appellee.
No. 2D10-3493.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
July 27, 2011.
J. Andrew Crawford, St. Petersburg, for Appellant.
K.W., pro se.

Opinion:
KELLY, Judge.
K.W. filed a petition for protection against sexual violence under section 784.046, Florida Statutes (2009), alleging that M.R. had sexually battered and threatened her in New York over forty years ago. M.R. appeals from the permanent injunction entered against him. To enter a final judgment of injunction for sexual violence, the court must find that an act of sexual violence occurred. Ostrow v. Imler ex rel. D.I., 27 So.3d 237, 239 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010). The record here indicates that the trial court believed it was unnecessary for her to make a finding regarding whether the alleged act occurred; consequently, the court did not make the re quired finding. Accordingly, we reverse the final judgment of injunction.
Reversed.
CRENSHAW and MORRIS, JJ., Concur.