The Dressler Dossier

 A 2-year-old girl was killed by her father, police say, despite warnings about violence. What went wrong? By Shira Moolten | smoolten@sunsentinel.com | South Florida Sun Sentinel PUBLISHED: May 31, 2024 at 7:00 AM EDT | UPDATED: May 31, 2024 at 10:39 AM EDT The mother had tried to keep her 2-year-old daughter safe. She told the court in a motion last year that her daughter should not be left in her father’s care unsupervised. That he had been involuntarily committed several times, reported hearing voices, chased her through their Pembroke Pines house, abused the family dog and punched inanimate objects. But somewhere along the way, those concerns fell aside. Months after the mother raised her initial concerns, the parents’ lawyers submitted an agreed-upon timesharing plan that a Broward judge approved. The girl would stay with Jeronimo Duran, 33, unsupervised, every other weekend and one night per week. When she entered school, parenting would become 50-50. Then, on Tuesday morni...

 Tampa Bay Times John Hill, Columnist 2-18-26 In Ron DeSantis’ power grab, the Legislature helped | Column Only gentle pushback now for the termed-out governor. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers his State of the State address as House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, applauds on the opening day of the legislative session Jan. 13 in Tallahassee. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers his State of the State address as House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, applauds on the opening day of the legislative session Jan. 13 in Tallahassee. [ MATIAS J. OCNER | Miami Herald ] Three stories last week captured the graft, deceit and ugliness of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ tenure. The first detailed the governor’s lavish spending from a taxpayer-provided slush fund. The second revealed how his administration spent public money fighting the recreational marijuana campaign (which most Florida voters supported). A third showed how the governor’s health department schemed to cut off life-saving access to affordable...

 Filing# 240009007 E-Filed 01/21/2026 09:01:51 PM  IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT  IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA  CASE NO. FMCE22006123  DIVISION: SCR JUDGE Supreme Court, Reassignment (SCR) Kathryn S Dressler  Plaintiff(s)/ Petitioner(s)  V  Paul Gawor  Defendant(s)/ Respondent(s)  i  ORDER ON CMC HEARING HELD ON JANUARY 20.2026  THIS CAUSE came to be heard on January 20,2026 on Case Management Conference and this Court having reviewed the pleadings,motions and the court file,and the Court notingthat the Respondent appeared,however the Petitioner did not even though providedproper notice,the Court hereby FINDS as follows:  1. On December 29, 2025, the Supreme Court of Florida entered an order assigningthis Broward County case to Judge George Sarduy of the 11 th Judicial Circuit in Miami Dade County. (Orderwas filed on January 5,2026. See docket entry 228).  2. A review of the pleadingsreflects...

 Judiciary List and Category (DOMESTIC RELATIONS DIVISION) – Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida https://www.17th.flcourts.org/judiciary-list-and-category/

Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida: About the Court https://www.17th.flcourts.org/office-of-the-chief-judge/ Office of the Chief Judge The Seventeenth Judicial Circuit is the second largest in the State of Florida.  Each circuit is administered by a Chief Judge who is elected by a majority of the judges in the circuit and serves for two-year terms.  Chief Judge Carol-Lisa Phillips was elected as the chief judicial officer of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in February 2025.  The Chief Judge’s administrative responsibilities emanate from the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration. All Chief Judges in the State report to the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court regarding judicial administrative matters.  The Chief Judge’s primary responsibility is for the efficient and proper administration of the circuit and county courts.  The Chief Judge is responsible for implementing a plan for the prompt disposition of cases; assignment of judges, other court o...

 Filing# 241865242 E-Filed 02/16/2026 10:52:48 PM  Guidry vs Ioia FMCE: 13-003945  IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA  IN RE: THE MARRIAGE OF: CASE NO: FMCE-13-003945 FAMILY DIVISION (37)  WHITNEY GUIDRY,  Petitioner/Mother,  V  MICHAEL IOIA,  Respondent/Father.  MOTHER'S RESPONSE AND OBJECTION TO GUARDIAN AD LITEM'S VERIFIED MOTION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION  COMES NOW the Petitioner/Mother,WHITNEY GUIDRY, pro se, and files this Response and Objectionto the Guardian ad Litem's Verified Motion seekingto compel a psychological evaluation of Mother, and states as follows:  I. INTRODUCTION  1. The relief requestedby the Guardian ad Litem seeks to compel an invasive psychological examination of Mother without satisfyingthe mandatory legalrequirementsunder Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.360. The motion fails to establish that Mother's mental condition is "in co...

  Filing# 241602357 E-Filed 02/12/2026 10:04:53 AM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA WHITNEY GUIDRY, Family Division Petitioner, CASE No.: FMCE13-003945 VS. MICHAEL IOIA, Respondent, NOTICE OF HEARING (Special Set Calendar - 15 minutes) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the undersigned, as attorney for Guardian Ad Litem in the above captioned cause, will call up for hearing before the Honorable Kristin R. Kanner, in her Chambers Via Zoom, Zoom Meeting: https://17thflcourts.zoom.us/j/378030906 , Meeting ID: 6378030906, on February 17, 2026, at 9:45 a.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard, the following: GUARDIAN AD LITEM'S VERIFIED MOTION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF THE PETITIONER/MOTHER [DOCKET ENTRY # 490] If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator, Room 470,...

 

 Page 1 of 3  EMERGENCY CRIMINAL COMPLAINT   (JULY 17, 2025)  To:  Harold F. Pryor, State Attorney  Broward County State Attorney’s Office  201 SE 6th Street, Suite 665  Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301  Email: sao17@browardstateattorney.org  From:  Kathryn Stillwell Dressler  1011 Elbert St, Darien, GA 31305  kathryndressler@gmail.com | (561) 870-9988  Subject: EMERGENCY CRIMINAL COMPLAINT – ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND JUDICIAL  MISCONDUCT ENDANGERING MINOR CHILD AURORA GAWOR  I. OVERVIEW  This complaint is filed on behalf of minor child Aurora Gawor, who has been unlawfully removed from the care of her protective mother and placed in the custody of Paul Gawor, despite:  - Documented domestic violence arrest against the child’s father,  - Abuse disclosures from the child captured in TalkingParents video calls,  - Medical neglect and endangerment, - Judicial actors’ refusal to permit hearings or re...

 STATE OF FLORIDA  OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR  EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 25-133  (State Attorney Executive Assignment)  WHEREAS, the Honorable HAROLD F. PRYOR, State Attorney for the Seventeenth  Judicial Circuit of Florida, has advised Governor RON DESANTIS that allegations have been made  against Kristin Kanner; and  WHEREAS, the Honorable HAROLD F. PRYOR has also advised the Governor that Kristin  Kanner is a sitting circuit judge for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit and a former employee of the  state attorney's office; and  WHEREAS, the Honorable HAROLD F. PRYOR, to avoid a conflict of interest or any  appearance of impropriety, has voluntarily disqualified himself and has requested the executive  assignment of another State Attorney regarding the investigation and prosecution of this case and all  related matters regarding Kristin Kanner; and  WHEREAS, the Honorable AMIRA D. FOX, State Attorney for the Twentieth J...

 Page 1 of 14  JQC Attachment A — Statement of Facts  (Judge Kristin K. Kanner)  A. Respondent’s Role  (Primary issuing authority; retaliation and enforcement after notice)  Judge Kristin K. Kanner is the judicial officer who issued the May 22, 2025 and  May 27, 2025 orders, including the order relied upon to effectuate the interstate pick up and seizure of my minor child on May 27, 2025.  These enforcement orders were issued after my May 12, 2025 emergency pro se  filings, which placed the Court on explicit notice of:  • predictable and foreseeable physical and psychological harm to my minor  child;  • documented harm occurring under court-imposed processes;  • jurisdictional defects requiring immediate UCCJEA review; and  • the need for emergency intervention to prevent further harm.  Despite this actual notice, Judge Kanner escalated enforcement rather than halting  proceedings and adjudicating threshold ...