Case Name: Robert P. STEINFINK, a/k/a Bob Lee, Appellant, v. Lawrence KADISH and Susan Kadish, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-10-26
Citations: 638 So. 2d 79
Docket Number: No. 93-1061
Parties: Robert P. STEINFINK, a/k/a Bob Lee, Appellant, v. Lawrence KADISH and Susan Kadish, Appellees.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 638
Pages: 79–79

Head Matter:
Robert P. STEINFINK, a/k/a Bob Lee, Appellant, v. Lawrence KADISH and Susan Kadish, Appellees.
No. 93-1061.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 26, 1993.
Rehearing Denied July 12, 1994.
Gerald J. Tóbin and Howard Brodsky, Miami, for appellant.
Samuel I. Burstyn, P.A., Miami, and Pamela Weiss, Miami Beach, for appellees.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.
The order below enjoining the appellant from threatening and "stalking" the appel-lees was unjustified under section 784.046, Florida Statutes (1991) because there was no showing that an "incident of violence" had been committed by the appellant within six months of the filing of the petition as required by section 784.046(l)(b). Since equity has no non-statutory
jurisdiction to enjoin the commission of crime, nor will equity act to prevent an illegal act merely because it is illegal [,]
29 Fla.Jur.2d Injunctions § 44 (1981); Hagerty v. Coleman, 133 Fla. 363, 182 So. 776 (1938); Pompano Horse Club, Inc. v. State ex rel. Bryan, 93 Fla. 415, 111 So. 801 (1927), there is no alternative basis to support the order under review. It is therefore
Reversed.