Colin v. Hinckley

Full title: ALFIO COLIN, PETITIONER, v. THE HONORABLE HARRY G. HINCKLEY, JR.; GENERAL…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jul 8, 1992

600 So. 2d 58 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

Opinion

No. 92-1184.

July 8, 1992.

Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the Circuit Court for Broward County; Harry G. Hinckley, Jr., Judge.

John H. Pelzer, of Ruden, Barnett, McClosky, Smith, Schuster Russell, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Frank J. Bennardo, Boca Raton, for respondent Erika Colin.

PER CURIAM.

We grant the petition for a writ of mandamus. See Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.490(c); Hanor v. Hinckley, 584 So.2d 1129 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991). Respondent Hinckley shall vacate the order of reference to the general master and shall promptly schedule a hearing before the court on all pending applications. We expressly disapprove of the practice, if it is a practice, of routinely assigning all such matters to a general master and then overruling any objection by a non-consenting party.

MANDAMUS GRANTED.

DELL and FARMER, JJ., concur.

GUNTHER, J., concurring in result only.