STATE v. S.C.W.

Nos. 98-00540, 98-00159.

718 So.2d 320 (1998)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. S.C.W., a child, Respondent. STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. W.S.T., J.A., and E.G., children, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Stephen D. Ake, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Petitioners.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Allyn Giambalvo, Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Respondents.


ALTENBERND, Acting Chief Judge.

The State has filed two petitions for certiorari or mandamus in four juvenile proceedings.1 The State wants this court to compel the trial court to issue an order to take each child into state custody because each child failed to appear for a juvenile delinquency proceeding after a summons was mailed to his or her last known address. We deny the petitions. If a child has been released from state custody...

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