Case Name: Kai HERNANDEZ, Appellant, v. Barry SILVERMAN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2012-11-14
Citations: 100 So. 3d 272
Docket Number: No. 4D12-1600
Parties: Kai HERNANDEZ, Appellant, v. Barry SILVERMAN, Appellee.
Judges: STEVENSON, GERBER and LEVINE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 100
Pages: 272–272

Head Matter:
Kai HERNANDEZ, Appellant, v. Barry SILVERMAN, Appellee.
No. 4D12-1600.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Nov. 14, 2012.
Kristin Cantrell of Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach, Inc., West Palm Beach, for appellant.
No appearance for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant filed a petition for injunction against domestic violence against appellee, her ex-fiancé. At the scheduled evidentia-ry hearing, the trial court sua sponte decided that the allegations in the petition were insufficient and, without conducting a full evidentiary hearing, denied the petition. We reverse and remand for a full evidentiary hearing. The allegations were pled with sufficient specificity and, depending on the evidence adduced during the evidentiary hearing, could have constituted grounds for an injunction for protection against domestic violence. See § 741.28(2), 784.048(2), (l)(a), (l)(d), Fla. Stat. (2011) (defining domestic violence as including stalking, which in turn is defined as including harassment and cyberstalk-ing).
Reversed and remanded.
STEVENSON, GERBER and LEVINE, JJ., concur.