Foreman v. James
The mother sought certiorari to quash an order requiring the parties to participate in the Family Bridges reunification workshop — a four-day out-of-state program followed by 90 days of no contact between mother and child — arguing it was a de facto timesharing modification entered without due process. The Third District found the jurisdictional irreparable-harm prongs satisfied but denied the petition, holding the mother received adequate notice and an opportunity to be heard at two case management conferences, and that no clearly established principle of law equates a court-ordered temporary reunification remedy for parental alienation with a formal timesharing modification.
Key facts
- Mother sought certiorari to quash a court order requiring participation in Family Bridges, a four-day out-of-state reunification workshop followed by 90 days of no contact between mother and child, arguing it constituted a de facto timesharing modification without due process.
- At two case management conferences, the trial court flagged the need for an advanced reunification program to address parental alienation, ordered counsel to investigate such programs, and provided the mother an opportunity to be heard before entering the order.
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Why it matters
This is the Third District's first substantive treatment of court-ordered intensive reunification programs like Family Bridges, and it gives family practitioners a usable framework: such orders are reviewable by… — full analysis with a trial
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