Elizabeth Marie Collins v. Sean Christopher Collins

2026-0242Fladistctapp5

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FIFTH D ISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
S TATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 5D2026-0242
LT Case No. 55-2025-CA-1394
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ELIZABETH MARIE C OLLINS,
Petitioner,
v.
SEAN C HRISTOPHER C OLLINS,
Respondent.
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Nonfinal appeal from the Circuit Court for St. Johns County.
Kenneth J. Janesk, II, Judge.
Elizabeth Collins, Palm Coast, pro se.
Scott R. Ellerin, of Fletcher & Phillips, Jacksonville, for
Respondent.
April 21, 2026
PER C URIAM.
Elizabeth Collins petitions for a writ of certiorari seeking
relief from a nonfinal order denying her motion to disqualify
Respondent’s trial counsel and similar relief from a separate,
contemporaneously-entered nonfinal order staying the underlying
action.
2
Pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.040(c), we
treat Collins’s petition regarding the order denying her motion for
disqualification of Respondent’s trial counsel as an interlocutory
appeal1 and affirm without further discussion.
The petition for writ of certiorari regarding the stay order is
dismissed.
AFFIRMED, in part; DISMISSED, in part.
JAY , C.J., and LAMBERT and E DWARDS, JJ., concur.
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Not 	final 	until 	disposition 	of 	any 	timely 	and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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1 	We 	have 	jurisdiction 	under 	Florida 	Rule 	of 	Appellate
Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(E), which permits appeals to the district
courts of appeal of nonfinal orders that “grant or deny a motion to
disqualify counsel.”

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FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA

Case No. 5D2026-0242
LT Case No. 55-2025-CA-1394

ELIZABETH MARIE COLLINS,
Petitioner,
V.

SEAN CHRISTOPHER COLLINS,

Respondent.

Nonfinal appeal from the Circuit Court for St. Johns County.
Kenneth J. Janesk, II, Judge.

Elizabeth Collins, Palm Coast, pro se.

Scott R. Ellerin, of Fletcher & Phillips, Jacksonville, for
Respondent.

April 21, 2026

PER CURIAM.

Elizabeth Collins petitions for a writ of certiorari seeking
relief from a nonfinal order denying her motion to disqualify
Respondent’s trial counsel and similar relief from a separate,
contemporaneously-entered nonfinal order staying the underlying
action.

Pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.040(c), we
treat Collins’s petition regarding the order denying her motion for
disqualification of Respondent’s trial counsel as an interlocutory
appeal! and affirm without further discussion.

The petition for writ of certiorari regarding the stay order is
dismissed.

AFFIRMED, in part; DISMISSED, in part.

JAY, C.J., and LAMBERT and EDWARDS, JJ., concur.

Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.

1 We have jurisdiction under Florida Rule of Appellate
Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(E), which permits appeals to the district
courts of appeal of nonfinal orders that “grant or deny a motion to
disqualify counsel.”

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