R.M.P. v. JONES

No. 60223.

419 So.2d 618 (1982)

R.M.P., a Child, Petitioner, v. Carlton JONES, Superintendent, Duval Regional Detention Center, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied August 31, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis O. Frost, Jr., Public Defender, William P. White, III, Chief Asst. Public Defender and Claudia T. Wright, Asst. Public Defender, Jacksonville, for petitioner.

Paul C. Doyle, Dist. IV Counsel and Leo J. Stellwagen, Asst. Dist. IV Counsel, for State of Fla., Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Jacksonville, for respondent.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Jann J. Farrell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for State of Fla., amicus curiae.

Albert J. Hadeed, of Southern Legal Counsel, Inc., Gainesville, and Harry F. Swanger, of National Juvenile Law Center, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., for Florida Center For Children and Youth, Inc, amicus curiae.


ALDERMAN, Justice.

We review an order of the District Court of Appeal, First District, reported at 392 So.2d 301 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980), in which, pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4), Florida Constitution (1980), the following question of great public importance was certified to this Court:

Whether a juvenile court may impose conditions upon a dependent child, find the violation of those conditions constitutes contempt...

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